Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Harvard Football: Villanova 52, Harvard 7
The Crimson’s inaugural playoff appearance is nasty, brutish, and short.
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.
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 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
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