Higher Education
Second Place? Really?
For the first time in popular memory, Harvard University has fallen to Number Two on the U.S. News & World Report's annual list of the nation's top colleges. Sadly, this year Harvard was unable to earn its traditional perfect score of 100, dropping instead to a lowly 99, while the Princeton Tigers edged out the competition and received a perfect score.
IIT Bombay To Be First Indian Institution To Join edX
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, agreed to join the edX consortium Tuesday, marking the virtual learning platform’s first expansion into India and its seventh into Asia.
International Monetary Fund To Offer Courses Through edX
The International Monetary Fund has announced that it will partner with edX to become the first body outside of higher education to offer courses through the online learning venture.
Working Group Convened To Evaluate University Assault Policies
Harvard’s inaugural Title IX coordinator Mia Karvonides has convened a University-wide working group of individuals from various Schools and offices to “consider options” for sexual misconduct policies and procedures on campus.
Here's the Tentative 2013-2014 Course Catalog
Thanks to some sleuthing by Crimson reporters, the 2013-2014 FAS Courses of Instruction catalog is available early.
Senate Candidates Propose Differing Education Platforms
As voters in the Commonwealth prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday to choose their parties’ nominees for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, they will have to consider a number of education platforms ranging from consensus proposals to uniquely bold new ideas.
Attention, Class of 2017: Faust's Advice for Prefrosh
Hey, Prefrosh! Can't make it to Visitas this weekend? Eager to make your choice before then so you can have fun? Want to feel more confident in your tentative decision to stay away from New Haven? Look no further for guidance. We spoke with University President Drew G. Faust and asked her what advice she would give to potential members of the Class of 2017.
Joining the Ranks
“The ad hoc process is greatly shrouded in mystery; remarkably little is written about it,” says current Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Development Judith D. Singer. She smirks wryly as she swigs coffee from her mug, as if this is something she’s explained a hundred times before.
Study Finds Testing Helps Students Retain Information Taught Online
A new study conducted by psychology researchers at Harvard suggests that early and frequent testing improves students’ retention of educational material taught through a virtual platform.
Outside Funding at Harvard
The Federal Government supplies millions of dollars of research funding to Harvard every year. With the coming Sequester, much of this will not be renewed. On this map, Harvard's schools are colored by the proportion of their budget that is made up of sponsored programs. Click a school for more detail.
Over the 'Cliffe: Women Narrate Harvard
The night before Jean B. Gleason’s final exam in a competitive class, she could not sleep. The phone in her ...
EdX Goes International as Six New Schools Join Partnership
EdX, the nonprofit online learning venture started by Harvard and MIT last May, announced Wednesday that it is doubling in size and expanding internationally with the addition of six new schools to its consortium.
Republican Panelists Say GOP Must Adapt to a Changing America
The Republican Party must increase the diversity of its ideas and members to achieve electoral success, according to five prominent Republicans who spoke at a panel discussion at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Wednesday night.
Jon Schnur
Jon Schnur, education reform pioneer and executive chairman and co-founderof America Achieves, talks about the need to istitutionalize higher expectations for the American education system. He was the guest speaker for the Askwith Forum lecture on Tuesday evening where he discussed President Obama's education policies and steps America could take to ensure better educational futures for its students.
State of the City
Thomas M. Menino, the mayor of Boston, announces a new partnership between Harvard, MIT, and Boston at his State of the City address. He siad that the edX initiative will enable Boston community centers to become campuses themselves.
CSU Administrator Named Dean of Division of Continuing Education
Huntington D. Lambert, the head of continuing education at Colorado State University and one of the leading voices in online education, will become the next dean of Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith announced in an email to faculty members Thursday.
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Huntington D. Lambert, the head of continuing education at Colorado State University, was named the new Dean of Harvard's Division of Continuing Education.
Eminent Musicians Reunite in Kirkland
The so-called Kogan Chang Ma Trio—a group of three friends at Harvard who went on to become some of the College’s most famous musical alumni—reunited Tuesday afternoon in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room for an installment of the Office for the Arts’s Learning from Performers program.
TOP 12 NEWS STORIES OF 2012
While some stories of the past 12 months captivated the attention of people outside of Cambridge for a moment, others had a sustained and meaningful impact throughout the year on Harvard’s campus. On the last day of the year, The Crimson looks back at the 12 stories from 2012 that mattered the most at Harvard.
EdX Announces Spring 2013 Courses
EdX, the virtual learning initiative launched by Harvard and MIT last May, announced Wednesday that it will offer courses in the humanities and social sciences for the first time this coming spring.
Faculty Debate Impact of edX
Six months after the launch of edX, Harvard faculty continue to express a spectrum of opinions on whether HarvardX—the subset of edX courses offered by Harvard—will enhance or detract from on-campus instruction.
Moulding Minds
Samuel T. Moulton ’01, director of educational research and assessment at the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching, is not averse to a little battiness.
Education Start-up Wins Grant
School Yourself, a start-up founded by Zachary D. Wissner-Gross and John Lee, won a $25,000 inaugural grant from the Hertz Foundation’s Newman Entrepreneurial Fund for a project reimaging the traditional textbook.
Allston Education Portal Increases in Size
Amidst pottery demonstrations, make-your-own-parachute stations, and the strains of a jazz quartet, Harvard students and faculty, and parents and children from the Allston community gathered to celebrate the recent addition of an annex that tripled the size of the four-year-old Harvard Allston Education Portal.