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> MIT: 20% drop in incoming graduate students This is kind of MIT's choice, right? They could change tuition or admission and have 20% more incoming graduate s
by xnx 6mo ago
> MIT: 20% drop in incoming graduate students
This is kind of MIT's choice, right? They could change tuition or admission and have 20% more incoming graduate students.
- lokar 6mo agoIn STEM, federal grants pay for almost all US PhD students. And the tuition they would charge would never have covered the actual cost. It has always depended on research grants. Which makes sense, a PhD is mostly and apprenticeship in how to do cutting edge research.
- postalrat 6mo agoYes of course they could admit any person who didn't finish high school.
- DaSHacka 6mo ago...or the massive swath of 95% of students with degrees they already decline? [0] [0] https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats/ https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats/
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- nyeah 6mo agoThe article mentions that a major factor in technical grad school is research funding. Most grad students in engineering, for example, don't pay tuition themselves. They work for a pittance and receive tuition as a benefit.
- loeg 6mo agoYes, and it's even spelled out explicitly earlier in the letter. > For departments across the Institute, the funding uncertainty I talked about has made them cautious about admitting new graduate students.