Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered
Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion
by Primus VI
Harvard undergraduate memes
The Undergraduate dives into meme culture.
The Citizen’s Right to Know
Anthony Lewis ’48 and media colleagues discuss “a basic issue of constitutional democracy” during the Watergate spring of 1973.
Harvard Undergraduate columnist on exclusive organizations
The Undergraduate wrestles with The Advocate’s exclusive comp process.
Harvard and the working class
The chasm between elite academia and working-class Americans—and how to bridge it
Letters from our readers
Readers comment on Houghton Library, coddled campuses, labor law, and more.
President Drew Faust on Harvard’s non-degree programs
President Faust on the value of Harvard’s non-degree programs
Harvard's endowment-earnings gap
A state’s pension-plan problems highlight the endowment challenge to realizing Harvard’s goals.
Letters from our readers
Readers comment on privacy, gender agendas, the Horsehead Nebula, and more.
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