Teaching & Learning

Explore innovations and trends in pedagogy, curriculum design, and classroom practice.

‘What Do We Dream Of at Harvard?’

President Alan M. Garber used traditional Memorial Church address to consider the unique qualities of human intelligence and learning.

by Jonathan Shaw

How to Reduce AI’s Energy Consumption

The case for maximizing AI models’ efficiency—not size

by Nina Pasquini

Universities in Public Debates

Institutional position-taking at Harvard and in higher education

by Jonathan Shaw

Applying AI—How and Why

Using AI in pedagogy, research, and University administration

by Jonathan Shaw

Talking about Talking

Fostering healthy disagreement

by Max J. Krupnick

Reengineering Arts and Sciences

Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Researchers on How to Use Federal Funding to Reduce Disparities in Pandemic Learning Losses

Expiring federal funds can address pandemic learning losses. 

by Nina Pasquini

Regearing Ph.D. Education

Rethinking advising, and financial needs, as doctoral training evolves.

by John S. Rosenberg

AI in the Academy

Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning but augurs a shift to oral forms of student assessment.

by Jonathan Shaw

An “Egalitarian Curiosity”

How to encourage free speech and inquiry on campus

by Jonathan Shaw

Embracing AI

The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow

by Jonathan Shaw