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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...