Doctoral Advising in the Apocalypse
Our graduate-school enterprise exists today in a state of anxiety and reactive tension. Here’s how we’re managing.
“'It’s difficult to advise graduate students when you don’t even know what’s happening,' a dean of a Midwestern graduate school said to me recently.
The chaos and policy shock waves emanating from Washington have shuddered throughout academe, with destructive effects everywhere you look. We all follow the headlines tracking conflicts at universities like Harvard and Columbia, but what about the thousands of graduate students at other institutions across the country who simply don’t know what’s coming next? 'Students have a lot of anxiety right now,' the dean said. 'They’re nervous about their futures.'”
For the full article, visit: https://www.chronicle.com/article/doctoral-advising-in-the-apocalypse
Modified on June 24, 2025