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Annual Higher Education Open House

Each year, the Higher Education Program hosts an open house for newly admitted students so that they can learn more about the academic and professional opportunities available at Harvard. Students who have been offered admission to the Higher Education Program will meet with the Program Director Judy McLaughlin, Program Coordinator Caron Yee, and current students for a session of introductions and Q & A. Prospective students: Please keep this spring event in mind should you decide to apply to the Higher Education Program.

At the end of the Open House, newly admitted students are invited to join HGSE alumni, students, and faculty for the “Higher Education at Harvard” program. The program begins with a faculty talk and continues with an informal reception. This year's keynote speaker will be Lawrence Bacow, former president of Tufts University, and this year's President-in Residence for the Higher Education Program.

Listen to the talks from previous speakers:

2010 – Diana Chapman Walsh, President Emerita of Wellesley College

2008 - Deborah Bial, Founder of Posse Foundation

2007 - James Honan, HGSE Senior Lecturer on Education

2006 - Bill Fitzimmons, Harvard College Dean of Admissions, and Lee Coffin, Tufts University Dean of Undergrad Admissions

2005 - Robert W. Iuliano, General Counsel and Vice President of Harvard University

2004 - Richard Light, HGSE Walter H. Gale Professor of Education"

HGSE Commencement 2010

Matt Crellin, Ed.M. '10, was the recipient of this year's Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award. This award recognizes one student from each master's program whose dedication to scholarship enhances the academic life of the community and positively impacts his fellow students. Read the full story on Matt.

HGSE Commencement 2009

Emily Almas, Ed.M. '09, was the recipient of this year's Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award. This award recognizes one student from each master's program whose dedication to scholarship enhances the academic life of the community and positively impacts his fellow students. Read the full story on Emily.

Bridget Terry Long Promoted to Full Professor

Associate Professor Bridget Terry Long, core faculty member ot the Higher Education Program, has been promoted to full professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education effective April 1, 2009. An economist with expertise in access to higher education and college student success, Bridget joined the Ed School as an assistant professor in 2000. Read more about Bridget and her promotion.

Bridget Terry Long Receives NASFAA Quill Award

Bridget Terry Long, core faculty member of the Higher Education Program, was recently awarded with the Quill Award on behalf of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). The Quill Award is given annually to a person for outstanding contributions to literature on student financial aid. Read the full story here.

HGSE Commencement 2008

Mark Robertson, Ed.M. '08, was the recipient of this year's Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award. This award recognizes one student from each master's program whose dedication to scholarship enhances the academic life of the community and positively impacts his fellow students. Read the full story on Mark.

Rich Reddick, Ed.M. '98, Ed.D. '08, was chosen as one of this year's three Doctoral Commencement Marshals. Rich came to HGSE in 1997 to earn his master's in higher education, and later returned for his doctorate in higher education. He will now move on to be an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin's College of Education. Read the full story on Rich.