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

edX Exit

Harvard and MIT sell to a for-profit company, and pursue their mission with a new model.

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

Breaking even in a bleak year?

Elements may be in place for the University’s financial recovery.

by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg

Harvard May Avoid FY 2021 Operating Loss Despite Pandemic

Reduced expenses offset declines in revenue for FY 2021, helping Harvard avoid the layoffs that have eliminated one in eight jobs within higher education.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Endowment Fossil-Fuel Holdings Net-Zero Progress

Harvard Management Company issues its first report on the “net-zero” greenhouse-gas emissions goal.

by John S. Rosenberg

7 Ware Street Diverging Ivies

What Ivy institutions’ diverging paths reveal

Harvard’s annual financial report

The pandemic—and prospects for the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

Most Harvard Staff Will Be Remote through June 30

And other changes to Harvard’s COVID-19 workforce policies

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Arts and Sciences Report Pandemic Hiring Finances

…prompting a different kind of Faculty of Arts and Sciences annual report.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard lower revenues financial loss in pandemic

Harvard reports lower revenues and a loss for the year, as the pandemic’s sweeping effects begin to take hold.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard’s fall semester: an update

A semester conducted in the shadow of the coronavirus

by John S. Rosenberg