The Nation on MSNOpinion

Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?

It’s not surprising, then, that UChicago has hollowed itself out by repeatedly robbing Peter to pay Paul. (It is somewhat ...

Colleges Face a Financial Reckoning. The University of Chicago Is Exhibit A.

The university ran budget deficits for 14 years straight, spending big to raise its profile and enrollment. The plan worked, ...
The Chronicle of Higher EducationOpinion

Research Is the U. of Chicago’s Lifeblood. Its Board Is Killing It.

The university’s debt has grown rapidly in recent years. It stands today at around $6 billion, roughly 60 percent of its ...
The Atlantic

If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit, COVID-19 was still a mysterious respiratory illness in Wuhan, and I was a Ph.D. candidate in a dying field: comparative literature. I was getting ready ...
Forbes

University Of Chicago Cutting Back Admissions In Several PhD Programs

The University of Chicago is pausing or cutting back admissions in several of its PhD programs as the institution continues to struggle with its finances. The suspension or reduction of new graduate ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

During Year of Games, UChicago invites everyone to play

The University of Chicago has come to play. Throughout the 2025-26 academic year, UChicago will host the Year of Games, a campus-wide celebration of the art of play that brings together gamers across ...