Nature

Cost-of-living crisis pushing PhD students to get second incomes, finds Nature poll

Of roughly 1,200 scientists who responded to a Nature poll, 46% said they have or had a side hustle during their PhD.
Inside Higher Ed

Report: Cost Is Graduate Enrollment ‘Gatekeeper’

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.
Forbes

Graduate Programs Can Be Risky Investments, According To New Studies

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 ...
Inside Higher Ed

A Grad Degree Can Be a Risky Bet

With graduate students owing nearly half of all student loan debt, policy experts are increasingly pointing to graduate education as a risky investment. In the last year, more and more data has come ...
The Harvard Crimson

At Harvard, Grad Student Parents Navigate a Patchwork of Programs To Keep Up With Costs

When second-year Harvard Biophysics Ph.D. student Juan Carlos Fernandez del Castillo ’20 began searching for child care for his toddler, he was shocked to discover that tuition at one Cambridge ...