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Online Takes Off

The pandemic’s effects on classroom teaching were immediate and binary: given the dangers of viral transmission, courses last March were hurriedly adapted to Zoom, and, last fall, more refined versions of online pedagogy appeared. Health precautions and the collapse of travel…
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Engaging Students on Their Own Terms: Intuitive Interaction

As one of the twelve degree granting schools at Harvard University, our goal at Harvard Extension School is to provide adult part-time learners with educational experiences that offer flexibility and a strong community that engage them deeply in their learning.
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Tracee Whitley Appointed Harvard Law School Dean for Administration

Tracee Whitley, a Harvard University graduate, succeeds Matt Gruber as the incoming dean for administration of Harvard Law School. Read the Harvard Law Today story…
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Calling the 2020 Election

As Election Day approaches, Fabiano reports that the race-callers on his team are working seven days a week in preparation for the 2020 vote count. Read the Harvard Magazine article…
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Harvard Extension School Unveils New Academic Gap Year, Undergraduate Certificate Programs

Harvard Extension School unveiled new programs in June, including a new Academic Gap Year and undergraduate certificates, which were designed for its ever-increasing remote-learning student base. Read The Harvard Crimson story…
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Michael Fabiano Joins HAA Board of Directors

Interim Dean of Continuing Education Henry H. Leitner announces the appointment of Michael F. Fabiano to a three-year term as a Graduate School Director on the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Board of Directors. The HAA Board of Directors is an…
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What’s New in 2020-21

Announcing new graduate and undergraduate certificates, an academic gap year program, and online courses for 2020-21. Read the Harvard Extension School blog here…
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New Dean of the Division of Continuing Education

Nancy is an accomplished and nationally recognized leader in professional, continuing, and online learning. She joins Harvard from Wellesley College where she served as Associate Provost and Director of Strategic Growth Initiatives and led an era of innovation for Wellesley…
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Nancy Coleman Named New Dean for Division of Continuing Education

Nancy Coleman will be the next dean of Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education (DCE), Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), announced today. Coleman will succeed Huntington D. Lambert, who retired from DCE last December…
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A Navy SEAL Who Cheated Death Finds His Voice

Grit and focus has marked Lopez’s life, from his childhood resolution become a Navy SEAL through his recovery from multiple heart attacks, and return to his unit until his retirement in November 2018. Now he is turning it toward earning…

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