If I am not mistaken, these statistics take into account the total number of grad applications the department has received per given year, at both the doctoral and master's level (some departments offer more than one graduate program). I know that UMass Amherst offers a terminal Master's program, so perhaps these statistics reflect applications for the Master's program as well.
Hello, I am fairly new to these forums, so my apologies in advance if I've started this thread in the wrong forum.
I have been reading news related to higher education on a frequent basis for the past few months and I was wondering if someone could shed light on what's going on in UW-Madison in terms of the Board of Regents' adoption of the controversial tenure policies? Is it true that a lot of the university's top-notch faculty are considering to leave given that some of them feel that their academic freedom has been threatened? The reason I'm asking is because I have already applied to a Masters program at that school and I'm starting to wonder if the quality of higher education there is predicted to drop in the coming years given the newly adopted measures...