Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
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Campus discourse, ethics education, affirmative action
Legacies’ Legacy
Adapting admissions to new socioeconomic and political circumstances
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Affirmative action, climate change, undergraduate options
Reading the Tea Leaves
The messages and meanings of Harvard’s presidential installations
In Defense of Liberal Arts
A semester abroad clarifies the value of the curriculum back home.
Letters from our readers
Climate change, philanthropy, the GSAS naming gift
Not Sporting?
Crimson athletics meets the transfer portal, compensation for student names and images, different demographics, and other looming threats
Uncharted Territory
A recent graduate thinks about what is means to take unconventional paths after Harvard.
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Readers’ views about healthy diets, teachers off the tenure track, mitzvot, and more
Farewell
Taking his leave, President Bacow concludes that truly, “At Harvard, wonders never cease.”