February 26, 1999

Doctoral Programs Decide That Smaller Is Better

By DENISE K. MAGNER

Cutting enrollments allows them to offer more financial support to future Ph.D.'s

Eight years ago, the English department at Indiana University at Bloomington admitted about 65 new doctoral students a year. This fall, it expects to enroll 20.

Far from a signal of a department in decline, the drastic drop has been intentional. Like a growing number of Ph.D. programs across the country, the English

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