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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Academia@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months ago

BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs

www.insidehighered.com

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BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs

www.insidehighered.com

fossilesque@mander.xyz to Academia@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months ago
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The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology.
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    @fossilesque so a fair compensation for work (=research if you are a PhD candidate) is too expensive for BU, they claim. (Raises the question: what do their professors earn? Will they stay if they cannot take on PhD candidates?)

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