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Articles tagged undergraduate education
Harvard Professors Recognized for Teaching and Advising
Faculty of Arts and Sciences confers its annual honors
5.2.12
Lights, Camera... Egyptology!
Harvard students produce original videos for Peter Der Manuelian’s Egyptology class.
4.16.12
The Humanities, Digitized
The Digital humanities at Harvard encompass a vast array of new tools and scholarly creations
2.20.12
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
2.17.12
Active Learning in Action
Video clips of Professor Eric Mazur on innovative teaching techniques, as well as faculty conversations on active learning.
2.13.12
Learning to the HILT
Harvard’s initiative to enhance learning and teaching begins.
2.7.12
Twilight of the Lecture
“Active learning” may overthrow the style of teaching that has ruled universities for 600 years.
2.6.12
Investing in Learning and Teaching
A $40-million gift jump-starts a University initiative to adapt learning and teaching to twenty-first-century opportunities and challenges.
12.16.11
Bullish on Private Colleges
Two scholars of higher education buck the negative tide.
10.19.11
A Landmark Gift for Learning
The Hausers invest $40 million to launch the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching.
10.18.11
Hawking Their Wares
Harvard Yard kiosks blossom with flyers for courses and extracurriculars as classes begin.
8.31.11
Tutors: Good, and Cheap
The House tutorial system effectively educates undergraduates on a small
intimate scale and should be strengthened.
8.19.11
Schooled in Life
Alumni on undergraduate education, then and now
8.19.11
Study Card
A sampling of current undergraduate courses