Students from U.S. and India Top HarvardX Registrants List

New course enrollment data released by HarvardX last week ranked India as the country with the second most enrollment in the University’s new set of online courses, with the United States capturing a plurality of total registrants last year.

Introductory Humanities Courses Aim To Fill Gap

Introductory courses have long been the backbone of many a Harvard student’s undergraduate experience. But while science concentrators enroll in Life Sciences 1a and economics concentrators opt to take Economics 10, students interested in the humanities have not had the same opportunity to take a broad introductory course.

The Keating Report

The full text of Boston attorney Michael B. Keating's 28-page report detailing a chronology of events surrounding the email search scandal.

National Humanities Medal Winner Has ‘Great Fun’ at White House

Harvard Kennedy School professor Robert D. Putnam, the author of Bowling Alone, a social science book on the deterioration of American community, on Wednesday received a prestigious award and met a really awful bowler.

Faculty Reports Call for Solutions to Predicaments Facing Humanities Scholarship

A set of three reports released Thursday by a faculty committee call for a vigorous response to the decline of humanistic study at Harvard, including the establishment of new curricular offerings, an internship program, a new undergraduate humanities center similar to the Harvard Innovation Lab, and a new humanities-minded organization roughly modelled after the Institute of Politics.

With their trust in the administration compromised by seemingly top-down decisions all year, faculty members say it is time to reevaluate their own governance.

Humanistic fields of study at Harvard and around the globe have experienced deteriorating enrollment due to changing attitudes toward the practicality of the humanities in modern society.

Some suggest that the practice of circulating lists of easy classes indicates a growing concern with transcripts and post-college pressures to have good grades.

Collaboration Post-Gov 1310

A year after students in Government 1310 turned in their final exams, students and professors say that collaboration in the classroom remains. But with the push for faculty to clearly define their policies governing academic integrity and the proposal of Harvard’s first honor code, many say it has taken on a highly regulated form.

Mining for Gems: The Easy Harvard Class

In the wake of the cheating scandal in Government 1310: “Introduction to Congress,” a course that had a reputation as an easy course, Harvard’s academic culture has come under fire. Among the issues at hand is the shirking of scholastic rigor, a practice that many argue is nothing new at Harvard.

Turning Up The Volume

In a year when the balance of power has tipped decidedly toward administrators, faculty largely agree: the forums available for faculty voice are not working as they should.

SEAS, Crossing Over

Faculty members and students alike have already begun expressing concern regarding SEAS’ ability to remain integrated in a liberal arts education from its future home across the river.

Revitalizing the Humanities at Harvard

As enrollment in the humanities has fallen, from 321 senior concentrators in 2010 to 284 in 2012, faculty and students are looking to counter what has proven to be a global shift away from the humanities.

Fostering Community

Some students feel more affinity with fellow concentrators than others. And on a campus that is brimming with extracurriculars, social organizations, and the residential House system, concentration community is just one element of the student experience.

The Rise of HPAC: Multimedia Feature

Five years after consolidating its public relations team into Harvard Public Affairs and Communications, the explosive growth of that office has some questioning its purpose.

Letter from 58 Professors to Smith Addressing edX

Read the full text of a May 23 letter signed by 58 professors calling on Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith to appoint a faculty committee to draft guiding principles for interaction between FAS and HarvardX, which would then be put to a vote.

58 Professors Sign Letter Calling for Faculty Oversight of edX

Fifty-eight professors from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences requested in a letter Thursday to FAS Dean Michael D. Smith that he appoint a faculty committee to draft “ethical and educational principles” that would provide a framework for FAS engagement with HarvardX, the University’s curricular contributions to edX.

Letter from 58 Professors to Smith Addressing edX

Faculty Approves Changes to Reading and Examination Periods

A proposal that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved at their monthly meeting on Tuesday will restructure reading and exam periods starting in 2014.

Murnane Appointed Interim Dean of Ed School

Richard J. Murnane, a professor known for his research on the intersection of economics and education, has been named acting dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, University President Drew G. Faust announced Thursday.

Today in Photos (05/08/13)

Today in Photos (05/08/13)

At Meeting, Faculty Question Relationship With Administrators

In an hour-long discussion that touched on a variety of topics ranging from the expansion of HarvardX to development in Allston, frustrated professors questioned the consultative mechanisms currently in place and the degree to which administrators are willing to listen to the faculty.

Professors Extend Academia Into the Twittersphere

Now, as more and more professors sign up for Twitter handles, the exchange of academic information has accelerated to match the rapid-fire pace of online social media.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty members ascend the steps of University Hall Tuesday afternoon to attend a meeting. Only listed members of the Harvard community and faculty members were allowed to sit in on the proceedings.