What types of policies most improve societal well-being? This talk seeks to answer this through an analysis of 133 economic policy changes in the US over the past half century. Hendren will show direct investments in low-income children have historically had the highest returns, in many cases paying for itself in the long run.
Nathaniel Hendren is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Founding Co-Director of Opportunity Insights. His work is motivated by the question: Do markets provide equal opportunity? Using a combination of theoretical and empirical analysis, he documents and evaluates the potential for opportunity in various situations including insurance markets and intergenerational mobility. His work seeks to understand when and why markets fail to provide opportunity, quantify the impact of these market failures, and provide tools to normatively evaluate potential policy solutions.... Read more about When the Safety Net Pays for Itself with Nathan Hendren
The Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, in partnership with Teaching and Learning Centers, hosted a University-wide virtual event series, "Teaching in Unprecedented Times: A Fall 2020 Showcase," to acknowledge this unprecedented semester and honor the efforts of our faculty, staff, and students; surfacesome of the most impactful teaching innovations that have occurred, and how some of the most nagging challenges have been addressed; and inform and inspire for the future.... Read more about Teaching in Unprecedented Times: A Fall 2020 Showcase
Join us for a lively discussion of the big social, ethical, and political questions raised by the COVID pandemic. In the first of a weekly series, Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Theory, will lead a University-wide discussion of Pandemic Ethics: Should we use surveillance technologies to monitor compliance with social distancing? If hospitals have too few ventilators for those in need, how should they be allocated?...
374 Commonwealth Avenue, Harvard Club of Boston, Boston, MA 02215, United States
First offered 35 years ago, the Saturday of Symposia features Harvard faculty members doing research across the University in fields ranging from social and natural sciences to the humanities. This year's program includes Vice Provost Peter Bol and faculty speakers Joyce Chaplin, Benjamin Friedman, Carol Saivetz, and Reginald Tucker-Seeley. Read more about the program below.
The program is not only a longstanding tradition of the Harvard Club and HAA, but also an enormously popular one. As it tends to sell out, please make your reservations early.
Join colleagues from across the University for a week-long series of events and conversations around learning spaces at Harvard.
Daily tours and demonstrations See exemplar learning spaces – oft-utilized and well-regarded by students and instructors – in all schools and University units (e.g. libraries and museums).
Daily presentations and panel discussions Hear from professionals via a series of presentations and panel discussions about the learning space design process –...
Harvard University's Lamont Library in the Forum Room
The Harvard Digital Publishing Collaborative presents...
Web Accessibility Session
Peter K. Bol is Vice Provost for Advances in Learning and Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. As Vice Provost, he is responsible for ...
Video & Visual Teaching; Online Comprehension & Assessment; and Blended Learning
Offered on Friday, January 30th, 2015
Sponsored by the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning
Supported by HarvardX and the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
The Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning is sponsoring a program called the Faculty Academy to enable full-time Harvard faculty to get hands-on assistance with some of the techniques and concepts used in online learning experiences (such as those created through HarvardX) and in blended...