In the Media

A tax bill under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives would particularly impact graduate students, reports Kirk Carapezza for WGBH’s Education Desk, tripling their tax bills – or worse. Carapezza spoke with Sarah Goodman, president of MIT’s Graduate Student Council, who explained the proposal would put graduate studies out of reach for many students, warning that would be detrimental: “Graduate students are the ones being trained to become the future engineers and leaders of scientific development.”