Tag: PhD programs
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Prospective Student Visits: Lodging, Transportation, etc.
A professor writes in with some questions that arose during the recent season of graduate admissions.
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A Collection of Advice for Graduate Students
There’s a lot of advice floating around online for graduate students, but it can be hard to find, and hard for newbies to judge…
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Why Do Philosophy PhD Programs Even Exist? (guest post)
What is the point of a philosophy PhD program?
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USC Tells Philosophy Department It Cannot Honor All of Its Offers of Admission This Year
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Southern California (USC), like many departments, sends out offers of admission to its PhD program to…
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New Edition of “Gourmet” Philosophy PhD Program Rankings
The 2024 edition of the Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR) has been published.
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Boston University Suspends PhD Admissions in Philosophy & Other Fields (updated)
Boston University (BU) has suspended admissions to PhD programs in a dozen departments in its College of Arts and Sciences, including philosophy, according to…
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Reputational Ranking of Philosophy PhD Programs Updated
The Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR), a ranking of philosophy PhD programs in the “English-speaking world,” has been updated.
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U. Chicago Reforms PhD Programs: Lifts Limits on Funded Time, Sets Limits on Number of Students
The University of Chicago has announced several reforms to its Ph.D. programs in the humanities, social sciences, and some other fields.
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“The problem is not that humanities jobs are disappearing”
In an interview at Inside Higher Education, Jason Brennan (Georgetown) and Phillip Magness (American Institute for Economic Research), answer a question from interviewer Scott Jaschik about…
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As Graduate Students Prepare For The New Academic Year
[Note: this is a repost from August, 2017.] It was suggested to me that as the new school year approaches, it would be helpful…
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PhD Programs in Philosophy with the most Women Graduates
The philosophy doctoral programs at the University of Memphis, the California Institute of Integral Studies, the University of Oregon, the University of New Mexico,…
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Appearance and Reality, Take 2 (guest post by Brian Bruya)
Yesterday’s post, “A Detailed Critique of the Philosophical Gourmet Report,” contained excerpts from “Appearance and Reality in The Philosophical Gourmet Report: Why the Discrepancy…
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PhilWiki News
Shawn Miller (UC Davis) writes in with some news about the good work being done at PhilWiki: Benedict Eastaugh (Bristol) has created PhilMath.net, which…