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.

The Graddean gives his public comment on the proposed revisions to the Higher Education Act by the AHEAD committee, and how a quest for harmony, equality, and fairness puts advanced degree programs at risk.

Dr. Susan Fullerton, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh explains how bubble gum got her interested in science and engineering at an early age and how a blue collar family upbringing gave her life skills that she would use to develop her career.

Drs. Susan Fullerton and Mary Besterfield-Sacre discuss their NSF-funded Innovations in Graduate Education project on a Personalized Learning Model for STEM Education at the University of Pittsburgh.

The Graddean discusses the key takeaways from the recently released annual graduate enrollment and degrees report from the Council of Graduate Schools.