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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One third to 50% of phD students are international. Most of the phD cuts are in very small departments. Even with the cuts, American students will likely have the same chances as in prior years, due to all programs cutting internationals most. They will not go abroad because phD is not funded abroad. That is why so many come here! Our funding is much better than overseas phD programs. 
Top internationals will continue to get in. Harvard and the rest of the top 20-30 phd programs in STEM will continue to have the same quality of students they have always had--the pool is deep. Lower ranked schools will suffer. 
Additionally, the SEAS cuts are admin cuts, not phd-student cuts. SEAS phd remain a priority for top schools. 
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Finally, an accurate take.

Only a minor quibble---the PhD numbers at the top schools will be a little lower, at least in the short term, due to adjustments needed for funding shortfalls. But some of those cuts are long overdue among groups that have been taking a surplus of PhDs in areas where there's limited hiring demand on the other side.
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This isn't even close to true.  Read the Nature article that was posted. The number of PhD slots is decimated.  You better hope you don't have a kid who is graduating in the next 5 years who wants a science PhD.[/quote]

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