Harvard College

News, milestones, and profiles focused on the undergraduate experience.

Readers Respond to Our ‘Grade Inflation’ Survey

A sampling of thoughts about the many A’s at Harvard

Harvard FAS debt deal and inequality initiative

The dean’s annual report provides financial details on House renewal, the faculty census, and a new inequality initiative.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard summit on academic inclusion

A Harvard conference on diversity and academic inclusion

by John S. Rosenberg

Renewed Winthrop House welcomes back students under one roof

Students move into a renovated Winthrop House.

by Sophia Nguyen

Faust Condemns DACA Elimination

President Faust urges Congress to protect undocumented students through legislative means. 

Convocation 2017: What Should an Education Be at Such a Moment?

Speakers reflect on the goals of a liberal arts university. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard faculty’s final-club opposition

A new motion aims to bring the proposed ban before the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

by John S. Rosenberg

The First-Generation Gap

Advocating support for first-generation Harvard students

by Alisha Ukani

Harvard building boom

A campus construction program of unprecedented proportions

by John S. Rosenberg

Recruiting economic diversity

The College admissions office shares strategies.

by Alisha Ukani

Derek Bok on reforming higher ed

Derek Bok and other scholars weigh in on improving universities and colleges—and why that’s hard to do.

by John S. Rosenberg