I started a preliminary graduate school application timeline for myself and explored my research interests at the beginning of the year (which included niche humanities programs centering tech, human rights, and storytelling). However, with Trump’s threats against higher education and specific attacks on the sciences, what can a humanities devotee like myself expect? Should I even apply anymore?
Side note: I’m really sorry to see so many great (current and potential) grad school students get the rug pulled from under them. It’s so unfair.
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Masters or PhD?
If you can get an opportunity I say go for it.
You potentially can ride out the worst years of a financial crisis. Although the current situation is unique and the destruction of decades of global economic systems.
That said go into the opportunity with the risk that the current US government may rug pull you.
The skills you develop are worthwhile. I have found my doctorate to be one of the most useful things I have done for transferable skills.
I would recommend that you think of where you want to be in 10-20 years, then decide based on that. The graduate program is just a few years of your life, and Trump is an old man so he won’t always be around either.