Editor’s Note: This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “The Future of Graduate Education,” available in the Chronicle Store. It’s dicey to predict the future in the best of times.
Graduate costs have increased by 233 percent since 2000, and the debt incurred by students enrolled in these programs has gone up with rising costs. According to a new report by Georgetown ...
Many graduate programs face funding cuts, enrollment declines and uncertain futures, but a new report describes cost of attendance as the “ultimate gatekeeper” to enrollment. Between Aug. 20 and Sept.
You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The specific impact of these new limits on students is not yet known, but if we look at data for ...
As the cost of graduate education continues to rise, prospective students are increasingly weighing the benefits against the growing burden of student debt. Higher earnings and career advancement ...
Graduate students at the University of Iowa could soon face new financial barriers as federal officials move to narrow which advanced degrees qualify as “professional” — a change that would restrict ...
Emily Sharkey, executive director of MBA admissions and recruiting, and Peter Severa, assistant dean for MBA student engagement, at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business. Adding a designation in ...
As part of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," the federal Department of Education is proposing new guidelines that would cap federal loans for graduate healthcare programs. Students in ...
W hen this fall’s new doctoral and master’s students were filling out their applications, there was little cause for concern about the near-term future of graduate education. That’s changed. President ...
From scholarships and fellowships to work-study and loans, you have options to pay for grad school Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Becca Stanek is a contributor to Buy Side and an expert ...
In August 2025, the CTE launched a sequence of two free, non-credit-bearing programs that prepare graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for teaching careers in higher education: Tier 1: the ...