Boston College Psychology and Neuroscience is an inclusive department that values diversity. We welcome all applicants, and strongly encourage students from underrepresented groups and ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

A Doctorate is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most fields of study. It involves several years of rigorous research, culminating in a dissertation that contributes new knowledge ...

In the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, we strive to advance human health through education and research at the intersection of medicine and engineering.

The Boston College Computer Science Department will offer a new doctoral program that will welcome its first cohort of degree candidates in the fall of 2026—a move that will expand the department’s ...

With internationally recognized faculty and a strong commitment to its graduate program, the Department of Applied Mathematics at CU Boulder strives to provide graduate students a high quality ...

RIT Policy D01.0 (Policies for Curriculum Development), Section IV (Academic Programs) provides guidance for developing a new academic program at RIT. Review the New Doctoral Program: Proposal ...

The Ph.D. in Computer Science prepares you for a life-long career in scientific inquiry, as well as the ability to work in industries where rapidly evolving computer science drives the 21st century ...

Complaints about the lack of attention to teaching in Ph.D. programs are legion — mainly about the perceived disconnect between what we are trained to do in graduate school and what we are expected to ...

A combined MD/PhD program in biomedical sciences, the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is available for students desiring research careers in medicine and related biosciences. This program at ...

Editor’s Note: This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “The Future of Graduate Education,” available in the Chronicle Store. It’s dicey to predict the future in the best of times.

A new report finds that graduates of for-profit doctoral programs in clinical, counseling or applied psychology owe more than twice as much ($175,109) on average as they earn ($87,136) four years ...