Harvard faculty divided over deep PhD cuts as school battles $365 million deficit

Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is facing rising discontent among professors after announcing drastic reductions to Ph.D. admissions for the next two years. According to The Harvard Crimson , the FAS is dealing with an estimated $365 million structural deficit, prompting cuts of 75% in the Sciences, around 60% in Arts and Humanities, and at least 50% in the Social Sciences. Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers told The Harvard Crimson that the scale of the cuts was “massive and savage” and “seem[ed] disproportionate to any other cutting.” He expressed hope that “with incremental funding, exception processes, or other means,” the reductions could be softened. Many professors fear that the cuts would damage Harvard’s academic fabric but accepted the move as a