Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains
Harvard Kennedy School lecturer on using AI to strengthen supply chains
President Drew Faust on Harvard and arts
President Faust on Crimson creativity and “constructive imagination”
Harvard and other universities' strategies
A comment on how institutions present, and understand, themselves
The Undergraduate on Harvard political polarization
The Undergraduate considers campus debate and action in a polarized era.
Letters on training teachers, global health, climate change, and more
Readers comment on training teachers, global health, climate change, and more
President Drew Faust on Harvard athletes’ international outreach
President Faust on Harvard athletes’ international outreach
A case for tweaking tuition
Tuition income—and what the College can and ought to charge
A Harvard undergraduate moves off campus
Moving off campus, and growing up
President Drew Faust on Harvard’s changing campus
President Faust on Harvard’s changing campus
Rethinking decisions at Harvard
When it pays to rethink a policy
A Harvard undergraduate reflects on a summer spent writing
Learning to negotiate the backyard and the divine