Humanities PhD output has collapsed, social sciences next — AI and funding cuts reshape grad programs
Elijah_Meeks · x · 2026-10-22
Psychologist Jay Van Bavel warns that dissertation writing in the humanities has collapsed and the same decline is now hitting the social sciences. He predicts psychology and other fields will follow soon, as funding cuts, a tight academic job market, and AI rapidly reshape universities and crater graduate programs. Elijah Meeks quips that 'America's barista supremacy is finally at risk' — a jab at the shrinking career prospects of PhD graduates.
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