University Finances
Reporting on Harvard’s budget, endowment, and financial strategy.
Harvard’s Endowment, Donations Rise—but the University Runs a Deficit
The annual financial report signals severe challenges to come.
Harvard's endowment-earnings gap
A state’s pension-plan problems highlight the endowment challenge to realizing Harvard’s goals.
Harvard campus construction continues
Still more construction projects on tap
Harvard reduces graduate-student admissions
Financial pressures force the faculty to trim doctoral admissions.
Harvard Business School academic growth plans
The Business School dean is bullish on engineering and data-science collaborations, and online learning.
Harvard unveils ambitious plans for data science
Harvard outlines steps toward a data-science institute in Allston.
Harvard graduate students to receive lower stipend increases
Harvard limits stipend increases to 1.5 percent for the next academic year.
Harvard plans significant data science institute
Unveiling a University research initiative
Remaking Harvard Management Company
New leadership begins sweeping change, attempting to improve persistent underperformance.
Challenges to endowments and philanthropy
On the agenda: challenges to endowments and philanthropy
Harvard Law dean to depart and other news briefs
The Law School dean steps down, graduate-student union balloting, divestment, and more