University News

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

Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Travel Ban for Harvard’s International Students

A longer-term decision is expected within a week.

by Nina Pasquini

Allston Ambitions

The Business School dean is bullish on engineering and data-science collaborations, and online learning.

by John S. Rosenberg

Online Updates

Online learning, evolving at Harvard and beyond, attracts critical analysis.

by John S. Rosenberg

Brevia

The Law School dean steps down, graduate-student union balloting, divestment, and more

Online-Education Updates

MOOC technology in classroom use, for degrees, and more

by John S. Rosenberg

Brevia

University news briefs: retaining recruits, online learning, appointments, awards, and more

CS50 Comes to Yale

Notes from New Haven, where the most popular course this semester hails from Harvard.

by Maya Averbuch

Much More about MOOCs

Harvard and MIT researchers mine masses of data about online learning—and begin to address applications to campus classrooms.

by John S. Rosenberg

Engagement and Distance at the HILT

Harvard explores learning, teaching, and institutional change.

Brevia

Harvard Business School’s Chao Center, College admissions, endowment managers’ compensation, and more

Harvard Measures Its MOOCs

The first analyses of online-course registrants—and "dropouts"—and other MOOC news