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Toronto Fund Targets Academics as U.S. Targets Colleges
Toronto's $50m fund recruits top U.S. academics amid Trump administration's college crackdown.
In brief
Toronto's $50m fund recruits top U.S. academics amid Trump administration's college crackdown. University of Toronto launched a $50 million scholarship program to attract international Ph.D. candidates as U.S. universities face reduced international student enrollment and research funding. Originally reported by…
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto has more than 100,000 students, about 20,000 at the graduate level.
New $50m Scholarship Program
Canada’s largest university started a new scholarship program to attract dozens of Ph.D. candidates with $50 million from an anonymous donor.
President Melanie Woodin
President Melanie Woodin says the university will be the richest Ph.D. funding program in Canada for interdisciplinary research on major societal problems.
U.S. College Challenges
President Donald Trump’s administration has attacked U.S. universities with visa curbs and frozen research funding.
International Student Drop
The number of international students applying to U.S. colleges dropped 10 per cent this fall, the biggest decline in at least a decade.
What to remember
University of Toronto launched a $50 million scholarship program to attract international Ph.D. candidates as U.S. universities face reduced international student enrollment and research funding.
