Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Harvard Football Team Starts Off an Ivy League Favorite
The 152nd Crimson season kicks off Saturday against Stetson.
Three challenges for Harvard in Allston
Making the most of Harvard’s “ultimate option”
Harvard through an African filter
The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
Letters from our readers
Tax reform, shopping week, and enabling expertise
Getting Harvard’s Gen Ed right, finally
The urgency of getting Gen Ed right
The Undergraduate tours Harvard
What makes it “real”?
Alexander Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, and the “circle of consequence”
Echoes of a Harvard Commencement speech 40 years on
A century apart, two Harvard alumni find each other in the American South.
A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.
The Undergraduate shifts from physics to psychology
The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.
Mihir Desai explains the real consequences of the new tax law
Understanding the real consequences of the new tax law
Letters from Our Readers
Feeding the world, Alain Locke’s faith, divestment