University News

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

A Cap on A’s at Harvard? Students and Faculty Raise Concerns at Town Hall

Dozens debate the grade inflation proposal that faculty will discuss next week.

by Olivia Farrar

Making the Public Record Public

Harvard legal database released

by Max J. Krupnick

Universities in Public Debates

Institutional position-taking at Harvard and in higher education

by Jonathan Shaw

Talking about Talking

Fostering healthy disagreement

by Max J. Krupnick

Reengineering Arts and Sciences

Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Researchers on How to Use Federal Funding to Reduce Disparities in Pandemic Learning Losses

Expiring federal funds can address pandemic learning losses. 

by Nina Pasquini

AI in the Academy

Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning but augurs a shift to oral forms of student assessment.

by Jonathan Shaw

An “Egalitarian Curiosity”

How to encourage free speech and inquiry on campus

by Jonathan Shaw

Embracing AI

The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow

by Jonathan Shaw

Larry Bacow’s Parting Push

Allston, higher-education outreach, and free speech make for a busy conclusion to the twenty-ninth president’s Mass Hall tenure.

by John S. Rosenberg

Axim Online Education Venture Debuts

The Harvard-MIT edX successor appoints Stephanie Khurana chief executive.

by John S. Rosenberg