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February 2020
Case

The case follows President Rob Huntington as he seeks to find a viable way forward for Heidelberg University. Located in Tiffin, Ohio, Heidelberg is a small, private, four-year university. As with many similar institutions of higher education, it currently faces a... View Details

Keywords: University; University Administration; University Endowment; Endowments; Brand Management; Higher Education; Strategic Planning; Brands and Branding; Education Industry; Ohio

2014
Working Paper

College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea

By: Christopher Avery, Alvin E. Roth and Soohyung Lee

This paper examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South Korean setting where the national government sets rules governing applications. We identify some basic facts about the behavior of colleges before and... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Higher Education; Policy; Government and Politics; Education Industry; South Korea

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November 2009 (Revised June 2012)
Supplement

Jody Leleck at Broad Acres (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Andrew Goldin

Explores the results of Jody Leleck's efforts to turn around underperforming Broad Acres Middle School. View Details

Keywords: Middle School Education; Performance Improvement; Education Industry

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014 for her advocacy of public View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

01 Oct 2000
News

A Message from Dean Clark

in business education, when we have an opportunity to make investments that will chart the School's course for decades to come. For almost a century, HBS has been educating general managers who make a difference in the world. As we move... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Dec 2011
News

What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!

capital. We invest strategically, with the aim of keeping HBS at the top. In a zero-profit model, our greatest challenges are providing a transformational education for our students and funding the great ideas of our faculty. Faculty are... View Details

Keywords: William A. Sahlman; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Oct 2000
News

New Global Initiative Director Takes Broad Outlook

we teach here," she notes. "One major goal of the Initiative is to feed international cases into the MBA and Executive Education Programs, in all fields of study. We're providing the incentive and the support so faculty can do that."... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services

November 2009 (Revised June 2012)
Case

Jody Leleck at Broad Acres (A)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Andrew Goldin

Jody Leleck has been appointed the principal of Broad Acres Middle School in Montgomery County, Maryland. The school is underperforming all other schools in the district, and she has been asked to improve the performance. View Details

Keywords: Education; Middle School Education; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Education Industry; Maryland

27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

Leslie K. John is keenly aware of the pressure researchers feel to get results. When her graduate studies in behavioral decision research didn't produce significant findings that led to publication in a prestigious journal, John felt disheartened. "The incentive... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

01 Jun 2012
News

Around the World

Issue Focus: The Global Manager GETTING ORIENTED: On his first evening in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan Dolezal (HBS 2013) and his FIELD 2 team explored the city's bustling waterfront. Photo courtesy Jan Dolezal Learn about hosting FIELD2 teams View Executive View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Services; Educational Services

August 1975 (Revised May 1993)
Case

Frank Renaut College

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Higher Education; Education Industry

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Done but Not Published: The Dissertation Journeys of Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan

By: Shirli Kopelman, Anne L. Lytle, Cynthia S. Wang, Roy J. Lewicki, J. Keith Murnighan and Max Bazerman

This article explores the tumultuous path to publication that begins for many of us with trying to publish our dissertation. We invited Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan—the 2013 and 2015 recipients of the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM)... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Research; Personal Development and Career; Business Education; Education Industry; Education Industry

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01 Oct 2001
News

Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

We begin a new academic year at Harvard Business School in the midst of a fascinating and compelling time in the history of business. In keeping with the mission of the School — to educate leaders who will make a difference in the world —... View Details

Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Educational Services; Educational Services

March 2005 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Teach For America 2005

On November 17, 2004, as Teach for America's (TFA) national board meeting adjourned, Chief Operating Officer Jerry Hauser considered the opportunity before the organization. The board had just given the go ahead to move forward with development of a new strategic plan... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Education; Education Industry; United States

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Teaching; Secondary Education; Leading Change; Nonprofit Organizations; Transformation; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry