William C. Mao and Veronica H. Paulus, Crimson Staff Writers
The reductions — detailed by five faculty members and in emails obtained by The Crimson — stipulate smaller Ph.D. admissions quotas across dozens of departments. Departments were allowed to choose how they would allocate their limited slots across the next two years.
The official deadline for departments to inform the FAS how they want to allocate their admissions spots is Friday, according to an FAS spokesperson. Final allocations could change over the next week, but some departments are already preparing for drastic decreases in their Ph.D. student numbers.
Departments that would only have one new Ph.D. seat after accounting for the percentage reductions will not be allowed to admit any students, according to a faculty member with knowledge of the matter, who added that there might be some narrow exceptions.
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