Return on Investment (ROI) is a popular way of evaluating the benefit of pursing a master's or doctoral degree. But there are things you should know about how ROI is calculated and used, and what it does and doesn't say about advanced degrees.

The Graddean goes off on proposed changes to the Higher Education Act by the Department of Education and federal funding requirements to universities and colleges by the General Accounting Office that will change how institutions are accredited and how graduate programs are funded.

Dr. Treviene Harris is a Program Manager at the American Council of Learned Societies. Hear how she crafted her non-academic career while obtaining her PhD in the humanities.

Dr. Treviene Harris of the American Council of Learned Societies explains how their Doctoral Futures program aims to improve doctoral education in the humanities.

Updates on NSF GRFP, IELTS, F1s, H1-Bs, and other assorted alphabet soup for March, 2026.

The Graddean gives you some advice on how to compare all those offers to graduate school you are receiving.

Here are five new PhD programs for 2026 for you to consider.

Dr. Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in The Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, describes how she used her skills as a PhD industrial engineer to establish herself as a premier engineering educational researcher.