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Derek Bok of Harvard on U.S. higher education, reviewed by Richard Morrill
Derek Bok’s new book on higher education in America, reviewed by Richard Morrill
Sandra Goldmark's novel effort promotes repairing, not replacing, items
Sandra Goldmark ’97 puts the focus on repair, not replace.
A Harvard senior reflects on coping with dashed hopes and seizing opportunities
Coping with dashed hopes and seizing opportunities
Harvard capital campaign leaders speak out
A taste of the talk
A petting zoo at Harvard, a true Harvard/Yale man, and "Lies You Wanted to Hear"
Petting zoo on the Plaza, a Harvard/Yale man, and a late-blooming novelist
![J.C. Buttre’s portrait, probably drawn when Everett ran for vice president on the Constitutional Union Party ticket in 1860, links him to Harvard and George Washington, one of his favorite subjects. (His lectures raised more than $100,000 to help purchase Mount Vernon [see <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/05/granny-talk">“Granny Talk”</a>], and he wrote the entry on Washington for the 1860 <i>Encyclopaedia Britannica.</i>)](/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_main_featured_720x405/public/img/article/1013/nd13_page_047_01_.jpg.webp?itok=9AIuWRvr "Engraving by J.C. Buttre/Library of Congress")
Brief life of statesman-orator Edward Everett, by Castle Freeman
Brief life of a statesman-orator: 1794-1865
Book reviewer George Scialabba practices a radical craft
“One of America’s best all-round intellects” scrutinizes books.
Morehouse College president returns to rebuild ailing institution
John S. Wilson Jr. grabs the chance to realize his calling.
A letter from the editor
An editor's guide to this issue’s perspectives on teaching and learning
Harvard endowment up $2 billion to $32.7 billion
Investment gains and asset growth after a down year
Harvard art historian Jennifer Roberts teaches the value of immersive attention
Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words