University Finances

Reporting on Harvard’s budget, endowment, and financial strategy.

U.S. Appeals Court Preserves NIH Research Funding

The court made permanent an injunction preventing caps on reimbursement for overhead costs.

by Jonathan Shaw

Higher Education at an Inflection Point

Making the case for higher education, diversity, the humanities, speech, and more—at a perilous time

Richard P. Lifton Appointed to Harvard Corporation

Succeeds fellow life scientist Shirley Tilghman

by John S. Rosenberg

The Government Details Its Demands

What Harvard is being asked to do as the Trump administration threatens research funding

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Faculty Address Trump’s Assault on Higher Education

Arts and Sciences engages with the Trump administration’s assault on higher education.

by John S. Rosenberg

Increasing Access

President Alan M. Garber on enhancing financial aid and extending education beyond Harvard’s campus

by Alan M. Garber

Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity

Dean Hopi Hoekstra details Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ priorities.

by John S. Rosenberg

It’s Academic (and Other Harvard Concerns)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences focuses on class attendance, grades—and wider worries about “uncomfortable” threats to academia.

by John S. Rosenberg

At Risk

Severe threats to Harvard’s finances—and academic mission—in the new political landscape

Harvard Fiscal Year 2024 Finances

Annual Harvard financial results, and a look at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ fisc and professoriate

by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg

Penny Pritzker’s Perspectives

The Harvard Corporation’s senior fellow on governance and other issues  

by John S. Rosenberg