University Finances
Reporting on Harvard’s budget, endowment, and financial strategy.
Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered
Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion
by Primus VI
Harvard Discloses Top Administrator and Investment Manager Compensation
Investment pay drops—top six managers’ earnings total a little more than $25 million
Suzanne Glassburn Named University Secretary
Suzanne Glassburn will manage the work of the Corporation and Board of Overseers.
FAS Dean Outlines Preparations for Loss of Federal Funding
“To preserve our mission, we must act now,” Hoekstra says at faculty meeting
Harvard Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened
Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy
Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances
The University heads back to the bond market.
Brief Harvard News Spring 2025
Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Discipline and Financial Aid
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity
The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education
Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more
Higher Education at an Inflection Point
Making the case for higher education, diversity, the humanities, speech, and more—at a perilous time