Over the past few decades, conservatives have watched universities move away from encouraging and protecting a broad ideological spectrum of reasoned debate toward an ever-narrowing range of ...

In the wake of recent Supreme Court rulings impacting affirmative action, Tufts University finds itself at a pivotal juncture. As legal constraints reshape admissions procedures, the necessity to ...

This volume brings together original essays by scholars working on a diverse range of empirical issues, but whose work is in each case informed by a "historical institutional" approach to the study of ...

Massachusetts Hall is the oldest building in Harvard Yard and home to the office of Harvard's president. Harvard's leadership will refrain from speaking out about controversial political issues after ...

Mentoring faculty colleagues often gets short shrift. Faculty members who never had formal mentors wonder why colleagues need mentoring, even if they themselves have many people with whom they ...

The academic study of institutions provides important insights into complex problems, but is often criticized for lacking practical relevance. Institutional theorists gathered at Harvard Business ...