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Professorial Permutations

Harvard’s evolving faculties

by Jonathan Shaw

Beyond "Highbrow Amateurism"

Harvard could become a place where all talents find a welcome, and art students of all stripes can study with masters.

by John Adams

“Become Better ‘Citizens of the World.’”

Harvard students need global education.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard at 400

Visions of the University in 2036

by Craig Lambert

Tackle the Big Issues

Harvard needs to structure its research and teaching around several of the world's leading social and economic problems.

by Franklin W. Hobbs

e-Harvard.400

Harvard needs to extend its reach online in the future, without lowering standards.

by Eli M. Noam , Nadine Strossen

The “Classic Tough and Demanding Harvard Professor”

The importance of academic rigor and mentoring at Harvard

by Nell Porter-Brown

Tutors: Good, and Cheap

The House tutorial system effectively educates undergraduates on a small intimate scale and should be strengthened.

by John Newmeyer

Schooled in Life

Alumni on undergraduate education, then and now

by Nell Porter-Brown

Roundup of recent Harvard news

Marc Hauser resigns, Kennedy School celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary, new organ for Memorial Church, Fay House renovations, and other Harvard news

How Harvard students, and their college experience, have changed since 1986

Harvard students and their lives: 1986 versus today

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Farm the Yard

Harvard should teach its students earthy, practical skills as well as mediated ones.

by Bill McKibben