Higher Education
HarvardX Classes to Begin Tomorrow
Come tomorrow, the number of people taking Harvard courses will grow by over 100,000.
Peking University Students Visit Harvard, Boston Area
The Harvard China Fund hosted a group of 15 students from Peking University in Beijing on a 10-day trip which exposed them to the American education system and social entrepreneurship. The journey inspired some students to develop their own plans to reform Chinese education.
EdX: Harvard's New Domain
“This is not to be construed as MIT Lite or Harvard Lite,” Reif says; whether or not these edX programs will live up to the hype, however, has yet to be seen.
EdX Expands to Include Berkeley
EdX, the free not-for-profit online learning venture co-founded by Harvard and MIT, will be adding a third university to the mix after EdX announced the addition of the University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday.
GSE Lecturer Explores Methods for Matriculation
Mandy Savitz-Romer, a lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, and Suzanne M. Bouffard, a GSE researcher, published a book called "Ready, Willing, and Able" which addresses the problems concerning college matriculation rates of low-income high school students.
Undergraduates "Surrender to Raw, Mass Impulse"
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Faculty Enthusiastic About Harvard's Move to Online Education
Faculty response to the announcement has been largely positive, with professors across a wide range of disciplines citing not only increased public access but also on-campus advantages and applications of edX.
General Colin L. Powell on Education
General Colin L. Powell, former Secretary of State and founding chairman of America’s Promise Alliance, discusses the importance of improving education in the US and outlines the goals of Grad Nation at the Graduate School of Education. Grad Nation is a movement that aims to raise the national high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020.
Harvard and MIT Launch Virtual Learning Initiative EdX
Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that the two institutions will spend $30 million each to jointly launch an online platform that makes lecture videos, class exercises, and quizzes available online to learners anywhere.
Virginia Tech Verdict Repealed
Though the United States Department of Education has repealed its December verdict that found Virginia Tech’s response to a 2007 campus shooting in violation of the Clery Act, emergency protocol at universities will likely remained unchanged.
Faculty Weigh In on World Bank Nominee
In the days after President Barack Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim as the president of the World Bank, opinions of Harvard government and public health professors on this relatively unorthodox choice have been split.
Pforzheimer Could Have Been Conant House
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
David J. Barron’89 and Fernando M. Reimers
David J. Barron ’89 (left) and Fernando M. Reimers were appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education by Governor Deval Patrick on Monday.
Professors Predict the Future
The majority of Harvard students may not live on campus—or even come from America—by the time the University turns 400, according to a vision proposed at a panel organized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Wednesday afternoon.
Harvard Profs Tapped To Join Mass. Board of Higher Ed.
Two Harvard professors will serve on the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 announced on Monday.
Faculty Notebook: FAS Shows Some Love
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting Tuesday night featured expressions of mutual love, in stark contrast to the contentious ...
Friday afternoon Anna Lee Hirschi, Smith College '15 (left), and Joan L. Brunetta, Williams College '15, discuss their experiences in the Cambridge Public School District at "The Five Paragraph Education." The event was sponsored by the Graduate School of Education's Civic and Moral Engagement Intitiative.
HEI Loses Princeton Dollars
Princeton University will not reinvest in HEI Hospitality, according to a Tuesday press release from UNITE HERE!, a union that represents hotel and restaurant workers including Harvard University food service workers.
Ed School Seeks Solutions To Bullying
The announcement of the upcoming launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation has brought national attention to Harvard’s anti-bullying campaign in recent weeks, but anti-bullying has long been on the minds of those at the Graduate School of Education.
Highly Effective Teachers Have Long-Term Impacts on Students, Study Suggests
An education study co-authored by two Harvard professors found that top teachers increase students' lifetime income and standard of living, ...
Vietnamese Law
Dr. Oanh Ngo is giving a presenentation about legal education in her country, Vietnam. Vietnam's number of educated lawyers are relatively low compared to other countries
"Bully" Film at the Ed School
After screening "Bully," a film on the lives of bullied children and their families, director Lee Hirsch addresses a question posed to him by an audience member.
University Leaders Discuss Teaching at Symposium
Pedagogy was the buzzword at a University-wide symposium on teaching and learning that brought together 250 faculty, staff, and invited panelists on Friday.
Panelists Say Law Schools Have Problems, But No Crisis
After a New York Times editorial declared in November that “American legal education is in crisis,” law professors from Harvard, Indiana University, and York University refuted the editorial’s dismal claim at a panel discussion on Thursday.