University News

Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

Online collaboration advances teaching platform

The Harvard-MIT online-teaching venture joins with the search, software, and cellphone giant to make its technology widely available.

HarvardX, edX, and MOOCs proving effective at educating

edX and other MOOC providers expand offerings, assess effectiveness, and move toward course credit.

Harvard news: College dean, HarvardX, socially responsive investing, and more

Harvard news: College dean, HarvardX, socially responsive investing, library leaders, and more

Harvard-MIT edX extends to a nonpartner

Harvard-MIT education technology extends to a nonpartner.

New applications for massive open online courses at Harvard and beyond

A snapshot of new alliances in online education

HarvardX Announces Fall Courses 2013

Online-education partnership with MIT offers full-length classes and shorter “modules” in several disciplines.

Harvard-MIT edX adds 15 partner institutions in global expansion

The Harvard-MIT online-learning venture undertakes a major global expansion

Harvard learning and teaching innovations

Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference

Harvard professors at faculty meeting express wariness about governance

Harvard professors suggest administrative concerns override academic considerations.

HarvardX and edX online learning update

Evolving perspectives on where and how edX and HarvardX courses work—and don't