University News

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

Helping Harvard Students Disagree

A facilitated conversation about facilitating conversation

by Kate Kaufman

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

Harvard news: Oprah Winfrey, Cass R. Sunstein, College costs, and more

Harvard news: Oprah at Commencement, Cass R. Sunstein, College admissions and costs, union contract, quiz-show titles overturned, sustainable-investing vice president, and more

Harvard's edX venture: growth and challenges

A first-year report on HarvardX and edX, the online-education partnership with MIT

Harvard's edX venture: growth and challenges

A first-year report on HarvardX and edX, the online-education partnership with MIT

HarvardX and edX leadership named

The administrative and faculty leaders reflect the multidisciplinary breadth of edX and HarvardX.

HarvardX, edX, and online teaching, learning expand

HarvardX, edX, and online teaching and learning proliferate.

Huntington D. Lambert named Harvard's Continuing Education Dean

The online expert seeks to expand the University’s digital reach.

HarvardX offers Justice, Classics courses

New Harvard online courses go beyond quantitative subjects to include "Justice," ancient Greece