On Reddit late last week, a prospective Boston University philosophy Ph.D. student posted a screenshot of an email and expressed confusion. “We have made the difficult decision to suspend admissions ...

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Boston University has suspended admissions to a dozen PhD programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. And there’s disagreement on whether or not the new contract between the university and ...