Housing Day Midterms and the Culture of Non-Fun

Housing Day is a venerated tradition — and one that entails a really fun morning. That won’t be the case for two of us this year, as we’ll be in class, taking midterm exams at 10:30 a.m. At Harvard, with its near-constant slog, why must we sit for exams on one of the singularly most fun days of the year?

Five Theses on the Humanities Crisis

There are a million articles on the death of the humanities with a million different opinions as to why the decline is occurring, leaving the scholarship surrounding the issue fairly disjointed and multi-layered. So, I decided to write five theses instead of one overarching argument, Martin Luther style.

Pre-2010 Humanities as a Share of National Degrees

Humanities As a Share of National Degrees

Distribution of Humanities Degrees at Harvard

Humanities as Share of National Degrees (Men and Women)

A Gender Gap at Harvard?

Even though the educational gender gap may not extend to Harvard yet, more people need to be thinking like Justice Kagan and asking about the future of men in higher education.

Applicants by gender

admissions by gender

admissions by gender