Just after midnight last night, the Harvard Crimson quietly published a bombshell. Citing "financial pressure," the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) announced drastic cuts to dozens of Harvard's doctoral programs — a restructuring so deep that many graduate programs will effectively cease to exist.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/21/fas-phd-admissions-cuts/

According to the Crimson report, which quotes five anonymous faculty sources, the reductions are as follows:

• Science PhD admissions slashed by more than 75%

• Arts & Humanities cut by about 60%

• Social Sciences reduced 50–70%

• History down 60%

• Biology down 75%

• The German department will lose all PhD seats

• Sociology will go from six students to zero