<p>Among the other things I can assure you is that I will not be paying for graduate school for one year let alone 6-8 years.</p>
<p>My daughter is a strong candidate for the programs she is applying to, including those that offer what appear to be very good stipends in addition to tuition remission and health insurance. On the other hand there are a few programs where the financial situation is murkier. Wisconsin is one of those. My sister is a Wisconsin PhD in English (and yes, she was a fully tenured professor-turned-college dean), and while she had a good financial package I can understand how things might have turned south in recent years.</p>