Canada Can Be a Refuge for America’s Grad Students

As they lost funding, many U.S. universities rescinded admission offers. Students who received Ph.D. offers—which often meant they were in the top five to 10 per cent of all applicants—were later told that their spots had been relinquished, and their hopes of pursuing their research were dashed. Their lives were thrown into disarray as the schools’ anticipated funding vanished. The leaders of graduate schools I spoke with were deeply distressed. They were eager to support the prospective students they’d been forced to turn away, yet their hands were tied.