Column: Cutting graduate recruitment won't fix the problem
On Sept. 14, UNC's history department announced it would pause graduate student admissions for the 2021 cycle. The decision — made so the program can financially “prioritize those who are already in our program” amid the COVID-19 pandemic and potential state budget cuts — caught many graduate students in the department off guard. Both concerns and support for the decision center narratives of scarcity that haunt higher education today.