Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Harvard Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues
University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.
Unfinished Business
As President Bacow passes the baton to President Gay, work remains in Allston, online education, FAS planning, and admissions
The Climate Connection Between Campus and Home
An undergraduate perspective on the gathering crisis
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Archibald Henry Grimke
Brief life of a Black Harvard Law School graduate: 1849-1930
John Harvard, Reader
John Harvard’s reading matter, a scholar poet, the towering John Fox
by Primus VI
Hume, Heaney, Harvard—and Peace in Northern Ireland
In life and literature, living “dangerously out between” opposing factions while seeking common ground
Letters to the Editor
Readers’ views on the humanities, Romanian orphans, the Supreme Court, and more
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on international students, immigrants, and refugees
Letters 7 Ware Who Teaches
Undergraduates, their classes, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Reviving the Purpose of American Higher Education
Pursuing their individual brands, colleges neglect the needs of higher education.