education - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Writing the Case for Public School Reform

The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a 2003 joint... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

30 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years

forefront of business education. As it contemplates how to educate future business leaders, it should aspire to go beyond just teaching students to make a living or be the best at their professions; HBS must create leaders who have the... View Details

Keywords: Education

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

field studies after. We have a strong commitment to ideas as the place where the educational experience begins. In executive education, we might think about increasing the number of programs we offer overseas. We've experimented with... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

01 Mar 2011
News

Harvard Center Shanghai Names New Executive Director

Jeffrey Williams (MBA ’82) has been named the inaugural executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai. Opened in March 2010, the center, a joint venture of HBS and the Harvard China Fund, supports a wide range of activities, including HBS Executive View Details

Keywords: clubs; alumni; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

schools. What was the appeal of charter schools in this sensitive environment? What opportunities do they present both for improving public education and utilizing best practices in entrepreneurship? Childress explains below. Sarah Jane... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

Research Summary

Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

01 Sep 2004
News

Alumni Board Wraps Up Year

the groundwork for committee recommendations. Among them: enhance outreach efforts to promote the benefits of membership, especially among two groups not currently well represented — Executive Education alumni and recent MBA graduates.... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

20 Nov 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Reverse the Curse of the Top-5

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Education

01 Dec 2006
News

Student Benefits from Class of 2006 Fellowship

GOLDBERG: Bringing a passion for education to the MBA classroom. For the third year in a row, the MBA graduating class has established a fellowship that will benefit future HBS students. The Class of 2006 broke fundraising and... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
News

School Ties

When Jan Rivkin talks about what the US educational system must deliver, he lays out the challenge in stark terms. "For young Americans to succeed in today's workforce, they must out-innovate and out-produce the world's best," declares... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Services; Educational Services

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

former American Association for Higher Education president Russell Edgerton, like watching "Rostropovich and Bernstein conduct a symphony." Six feet tall and loose-limbed, he was constantly on the move, scanning students' faces,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

21 Dec 2018
News

Bridging the Gap

through college one year faster than the national average, and we know we can attribute that to the fact that they know why they’re there. They know what questions they’re trying to answer. They know how they want to orient their View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

03 Mar 2020
Cold Call Podcast

Do Universities Need 2U To Create Digital Education?

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani & Marco Iansiti; Education

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

and fundraising for scholarships to attend social enterprise-focused Executive Education programs or fellowships for MBA students. While HBS alumni clubs worldwide have long been engaged in their local communities, their activities have... View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services

November 1979 (Revised May 1993)
Case

Davis Graduate School

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Business Education; Higher Education; Education Industry

Citation

Find at Harvard

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

Date: April 17-18, 2008 Faculty Chair: Richard S. Tedlow Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: The Intellectual History of the Harvard Business School: Six Case Studies What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The colloquium had three goals. The first was to... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education