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
Readers discuss how they celebrate Commencement
Readers discuss how their families celebrated—or will celebrate—Commencement.
The Undergraduate discovers a different life off campus
Discovering diverse concerns outside the bubble of campus life
by Isabel Ruane
Harvard deans urge renewing civic education
Time to restore American higher education’s lost mission
William Stuntz, late Harvard law professor, on American criminal justice
America’s flawed criminal justice system
Touchpoints, tea party, theater's future, water woes, and more reader letters
Touchpoints, tea party, theater's future, water woes, medieval literature, a life of faith, and more
Reader letters on Al Franken, the end of lectures, civic education, and more
Letters about Al Franken, the value of lectures, education and economics, justice, the Tea Party, primate care, and more
Readers discuss how to dodge questions, and stop others from dodging
Readers discuss how to dodge questions, and stop others from doing so.
An undergraduate explores Boston through a course about urban problems
The Undergraduate writes about "Reinventing Boston," a course that sends students out to learn about urban progress and problems through immersion in city life.
Keynesian economics, solar costs, education excesses, and more reader letters
Keynesian economics, solar costs, education excesses, and more
Readers discuss the coed living experiment of 1970 and 1971
Readers discuss the coed living experiment of 1970 and 1971.