O ver the last two decades, a large number of studies focusing on self-reported reasons for leaving college have concluded that “belonging” — or rather feelings of not belonging — were to blame.

With notifications distracting students during class time, fights spilling over from social media into the hallways, and students at lunch buried in their phones rather than in conversation with each ...

Layla L. Hijjawi ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Quincy House. Given Harvard’s reputation for academic excellence, you might expect classroom engagement to be high ...

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech. By Anemona ...

Mukta R. Dharmapurikar ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in Environmental Science and Engineering and Economics in Lowell House. In business, they say the customer is always ...

Anne Paonessa is the author of Essential Connection Skills (Corwin, 2025) and founder of ConnectED Classrooms: Picture this: A student sits at their desk, staring at a math problem that seems ...

University of British Columbia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of British Columbia provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. College students in ...