College Students - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Apr 2016
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Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.

the rich resources and opportunities colleges have to offer? The research, Falik argues, is “undeniable.” A recent Middlebury study showed that students who take a year off before arriving outperform their... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium

Millennium, a Web-based brochure (www.hbs.edu/about/leaders) for college students - particularly nonbusiness majors. The brochure describes the exciting aspects of business, explains how individuals can... View Details

Keywords: Cindy Olnick

31 Jan 2018
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A Visible Example of What’s Possible

spas, in 1999. At San Francisco State’s College of Business, Oubre and her husband recently endowed the Linda and Nathaniel Oubre Leadership Scholarship for first-generation students of color. She also... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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2 + 2 = All Smiles

In June, recent college graduates accepted into the HBS 2+2 Program enjoyed a preview of what to expect when they return to Soldiers Field as MBA students in the fall of 2011. The 2+2 Program targets... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2017
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Case Study: Confidence Builder

collaborated with doctors and college students to produce information on sexual and mental health topics that was both accurate and interesting to young women. But as the Confi team talked with View Details

Keywords: April White; Confi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2025
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Sound Bites: A Degree of Hope

Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) President and CEO, the Strada Education Foundation Illustration by John S. Dykes I grew up as the son of a single mother in rural Mississippi. And while we were never legally poor, there was that sense of economic insecurity the whole way. And... View Details

18 Jan 2022
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HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

year. “Our mentors are providing the students with exposure to new career and industry possibilities, guidance with networking and career searches, and insights about specific industries,” says the club’s copresident, Susan Charnaux (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2015
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Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

History by the Case Method Professor David Moss David Moss knew his proposal to develop a history course for Harvard College students might take Dean Nitin Nohria by surprise. But it was Nohria who surprised... View Details

25 Jun 2014
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A Man on a Mission

educational service. Since his retirement, Earls has been an executive in residence at Cleveland State University's Monte Ahuja College of Business, where he lectures on ethical issues and recruits promising View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; NASA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

29 Jul 2024
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Leading the Way

Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details

26 Mar 2014
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The Power of Education

had to make two trips from our home in New Jersey, but we didn’t want to miss either event.” The couple’s belief in the power of a Harvard education has inspired their generous and thoughtful support of both Harvard College and HBS. At... View Details

17 Dec 2024
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Solving the Underemployment Crisis

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details

27 Aug 2019
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A Shot at Success

health. Trey Mentors—former college and professional athletes—join Trey Academy regularly to serve as knowledgeable advisors for the students as well as their parents. Among those who have provided advice... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2017
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Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships

a Harvard College graduate who was the first in his family to attend college. The fellowships create a challenge fund designed to inspire other HBS donors to support fellowships in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. They also donated... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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@Soldiers Field

FACE TIME HOOP DREAMS NBA star Dwyane Wade took part in a case discussion on his business partnerships with Professor Anita Elberse and students in the Summer Venture in Management Program. The program for rising View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Family Matters

master’s in management through a dual-degree program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute before applying to HBS’s 2+2 Program, which admits college students to the MBA Program on a deferred basis, giving them... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Oct 2024
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Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes

Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school’s gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one another and had little interest in... View Details

30 Jun 2016
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Sal Khan Takes Innovation Offline

multiple languages on subjects ranging from trigonometry to grammar to organic chemistry. In addition to its recent partnership with the College Board to offer free SAT test prep, the organization also educates View Details

26 Jan 2017
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Finding a Path out of Poverty

then, the organization has been making a difference for young people in Orange Farm, a poor community south of Johannesburg. The nonprofit awards top-performing students Inspire Belief scholarships at Masibambane View Details