Last fall, at least six departments had admissions to their doctoral programs paused as the University, facing a budget deficit, looked to decrease spending. Now, five of those departments have been permitted to resume admissions, but with reduced capacity.
One department, the Department of Anthropology, volunteered to pause their admissions. The departments of Egyptology and Assyriology, classics, French and francophone studies, German studies and Italian studies were the other departments to pause program admissions. Some programs said that they had not been consulted before their admissions were paused by the Brown administration.
The Department of Italian Studies still has their admissions paused, according to their website. A professor in the department declined to comment on the pause…