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Harvard School of Education To Sunset School Counseling Licensure Pathway

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

The Harvard Graduate School of Education will stop offering its School Counseling Licensure Pathway after this academic year, when the program’s final cohort of 10 students graduates.


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HGSE Partners With Hamilton College on Early Assurance Pathway

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

The Harvard Graduate School of Education will offer students applying to Hamilton College early assurance of a pathway to a master’s degree, allowing them to secure a route to graduate study before they begin their undergraduate degrees.


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Former Trinity, Berkshire Community College Presidents Join HGSE as Presidents-in-Residence

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

Joanne Berger-Sweeney, the former president of Trinity College, and Ellen Kennedy, who retired in June as president of Berkshire Community College, are serving as the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Judith Block McLaughlin Presidents-In-Residence for the 2026-27 academic year.


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Bab Al-Yemen Review: Bread, Broth and the Rhythms of Yemeni Dining

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

Bab Al-Yemen started its journey as the first — and subsequently only — Yemeni restaurant in Boston.


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Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer Says Public Schools Are Essential to Democracy at HGSE Forum

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said public schools are essential to sustaining American democracy and defended the use of judicial discretion in shaping education law at a Tuesday event at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.


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HGSE Pauses Ed.L.D. Admissions for 2026-27 Academic Year Amid Program Redesign

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

The Harvard Graduate School of Education is not accepting applications to its Doctor of Education Leadership program for the 2026-2027 academic year as the program undergoes a redesign, according to HGSE spokesperson Paul Belsito.


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‘HPT 177: Salooney Tunes’ Review: This Town Ain’t Big Enough For All These Puns

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

'HPT 177: Salooney Tunes' was a riotous, pun-laden Wild West musical, brimming with clever humour, strong performances, and a theatrical flair on par with Broadway’s.


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HGSE Dean Nonie Lesaux Defends Diversity Efforts Amid Federal Pressure on Harvard

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Nonie K. Lesaux defended the school’s commitment to diversity in a Thursday interview as Harvard continues to face mounting pressure from the Trump administration and its allies to scale back diversity initiatives.


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Sandel Criticizes Selective Admissions and Exclusive Student Clubs At Harvard Talk

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

Harvard government professor Michael J. Sandel criticized selective college admissions as a source of inequality and social division at a Wednesday event at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, arguing that elite universities have helped recast inherited advantage as earned success.


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UT Researcher Warns Grade Inflation Hurts Students’ Long-Term Academic and Career Outcomes

By Mahpara Faatin  • 

University of Texas associate professor Jeffrey T. Denning argued that grade inflation in K-12 schools and colleges may boost short-term outcomes but undermine students’ long-term academic and career success at a Tuesday event at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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