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
Moody's explains Harvard and university financial crises
How high-return endowment policies and increased debt led to liquidity crises--at Harvard and elsewhere
Harvard Management Company compensation, investments
Harvard Management Company refines its compensation system, and aims to gain more advantageous terms for assets managed externally.
Harvard arts and science budget cuts
The Arts and Sciences dean explains steps toward budget balance in fiscal year 2012--and concerns from financial aid to deferred capital projects.
On Harvard governance and management
On University governance and management
Lee elected Harvard Corporation member
A successor to departing Senior Fellow James R. Houghton
Harvard reboots its planned expansion in Allston
With construction on its huge science facility in Allston halted, Harvard reconsiders its planned expansion there.
Harvard Corporation senior fellow James R. Houghton to retire
James R. Houghton, senior fellow of Harvard’s senior governing board, will step down on June 30.
Harvard FAS narrows budget chasm
…but more hard work remains to be done.
Harvard endowment prospects
UPDATED. Other institutions’ endowment results—and further budget cuts—suggest the challenges facing Harvard Management Company and the University.
Harvard Arts and Sciences faculty pares deficit
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences lessens its budget problem, but an $80-million financial shortfall remains.