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Agreed. It is very rare these days for publics in particular to fund everyone in a humanities program; Wisconsin is perhaps the most infamous for making far more offers than it has the funding to support. Even some private universities have been hard hit; a few like Chicago offer stipends to some students but not others. Two years ago, my department at Hopkins could only offer 80% tuition remission and no stipend to its admitted students, though I’ve heard they’ve since gone back to regular funding.</p>
<p>I do agree with svalbardlutefisk – if you don’t get funding in the humanities, don’t go. Sometimes it is possible to secure funding after one’s first year, and some people choose to accept that gamble, but it is not a sure thing.</p>