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Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer PhDs, a Bad Sign For Science


An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15 percent from the previous year, according to data from over 50 top research universities, raising fears that the nation's capacity to produce new science could be dimin...

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