Publications

Article

Interactive Case Study: The Analysis: Babson College Meets the Corporate Gender Challenge

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

1989
Article

Paying for College After 2000: What Can We Do for the Access-Endangered?

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Personal Finance; Spending; Higher Education

Research Summary

A Consistent Weighted Ranking Scheme with an Application to NCAA College Football Rankings (with Chaim Fershtman and Neil Gandal)

The NCAA college football ratings, in which the so-called national champion is determined, has been plagued by controversies the last few years. The difficulty arises because there is a need to make a complete ranking of teams even though each team has a different... View Details

July – August 2005
Article

Identity Development During the College Years: Findings From the West Point Longitudinal Study

By: Scott Snook, Philip Lewis, Paul Bartone, Forsythe B. Forsythe, Craig Bullis and Patrick Sweeney

Keywords: Growth and Development; Education; Identity; Information

1987
Other Unpublished Work

Opening the Window: Needs Analysis and Long Term Effort to Pay for College

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Higher Education; Human Needs; Cost

July 2, 2020
Article

How to Build a Life: A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life

By: Arthur C. Brooks

Higher education is often described as an investment. But it’s still unclear if it pays off in happiness. View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Happiness

28 Apr 1997
Lecture

Ethics Education in Business Schools: The Evolution of an Idea." Speaker. "Smith College Club of Cambridge

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Ethics; Education; Higher Education; Innovation and Invention

February 9, 2021
Article

For a More Equitable Recovery, Corporations Must Stop Using a College Degree as a Proxy for Ability

By: Gerald Chertavian

Keywords: Race; Equality and Inequality; Recruitment; Talent and Talent Management

1995
Article

The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning

By: R. Conti, T. M. Amabile and S. Pollack

This study assessed the effectiveness of engaging students in a creative activity on a topic as a means of encouraging an active cognitive set toward learning that topic area. This technique was examined in three motivational contexts. Before reading a short... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Behavior; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Training

2012
Case

Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Olivia Leskinen

Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A) 2009 AL Fellow Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and seemed to address a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from... View Details

1999
Book

Internet University Vol. 1: Your Guide to Online College Courses; Vol. 2: Liberal Arts; Vol. 3: Technology; Vol. 4: Graduate Studies; Vol. 5: Business School Edition

By: D. Quinn Mills

Keywords: Higher Education; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Business Education

August 2017
Article

Should Governments Invest More in Nudging?

By: Shlomo Benartzi, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, Will Tucker-Ray, William J. Congdon and Steven Galing

Governments are increasingly adopting behavioral science techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant changes... View Details

2016
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mahendra Bapna and Technology Education in India

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Pamela Yatsko

September 2018
Case

Advent International: Kroton Investment

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Kostas and Priscilla Zogbi

Keywords: Private Equity; Acquisition; IPO; Valuation; Education; Distance Learning; Turnaround; Growth; Exit; PE; Buyer; Middle-class; Low Income; K-12; Entrepreneur; Family Business; University; College; Consolidation; Fragmentation; Penetration; Value; Shares; Control; Negotiation; Equity; Transaction; Board; Majority; Minority; Post-secondary; Leverage; Campus; Deal; Shareholder; Tag Along; Brazil; Latin America

Educators

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

Leaders intent on boosting team performance could learn from the old-school, military-style approach of Deion Sanders, a former star athlete and now the unorthodox coach behind the revival of two college football teams. “When I’m teaching... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

Teaching Interest

Overview

Course Instructor, Economics Sophomore Tutorial: Psychology and Economics, Harvard College (2012-2015)
Course Assistant, Noticing: A Leadership Challenge, Harvard Kennedy School (Winter, 2015)
Teaching Fellow, Linear Algebra, Harvard College (Spring,... View Details

September 2018
Supplement

Advent International: Kroton Investment

By: Victoria Ivashina, Priscilla Zogbi and Ruth Kostas

Keywords: Private Equity; Acquisition; IPO; Valuation; Education; Distance Learning; Turnaround; Growth; Exit; PE; Buyer; Middle-class; Low Income; K-12; Entrepreneur; Family Business; University; College; Consolidation; Fragmentation; Penetration; Value; Shares; Control; Negotiation; Equity; Transaction; Board; Majority; Minority; Post-secondary; Leverage; Campus; Deal; Shareholder; Tag Along