The Boston Globe

BU says it won’t admit PhD students in a dozen humanities and social sciences programs

In the wake of a lengthy graduate worker strike, Boston University said Tuesday that it will not accept any new PhD students in a dozen humanities and social sciences programs, including English, ...
Boston College

Boston College's 2025-26 doctoral student stipend to increase

Gregory Kalscheur, S.J., dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, has announced that Boston College’s 2025-26 doctoral student stipend will rise to a nine-month rate of $33,750—plus one ...
MassLive

Boston University suspends admissions to a dozen PhD programs

Boston University has suspended a dozen graduate programs in humanities and social sciences, weeks after graduate students ended a months-long strike. For the 2025 to 2026 academic year, the school ...
Boston College

Exceptional year for BC graduate programs in U.S. News rankings

Boston College graduate programs experienced strong gains across the board in the latest U.S. News Graduate School rankings, released April 8. The Connell School of Nursing, the Lynch School of ...
The Boston Globe

From Harvard to BU to Brown, New England schools are enrolling fewer new PhDs this year. Why?

Casey Grippo thought there was more time. Typically, the philosophy department at Boston University funds PhD candidates for up to seven years. Grippo, who uses they/them pronouns, started PhD ...