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Apprenticeships multiply the pathways to education, jobs, or both, new Harvard report finds

While popular in other parts of the world, apprenticeships have failed to take hold in the United States, accounting for just 0.3% of the labor force, with much of that in the construction trades. But ...
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Are we headed for a constitutional crisis? Kennedy School scholars on the Trump administration and the rule of law

The Trump administration’s first month included a slew of actions and statements that have postulated new legal theories and challenged existing norms. Through a flurry of executive orders, the White ...
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Are “bad jobs” dead ends or steppingstones to better things? New research identifies some pathways to better job quality

Nearly one in five workers in the United States work in the low-wage retail and food service sector, which has the largest concentration of low-wage workers, and is characterized by poor benefits and ...
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Roe v. Wade has been overturned. What does that mean for America?

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in a 6-3 vote. Almost half a century ago, the Roe v. Wade ruling was the basis for establishing a constitutional right to ...
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Governance Hurdles in an Era of Risk, Ambiguity & Uncertainty with Jim Honan

This webinar is hosted by Professor Jim Honan, faculty chair of the Harvard Kennedy School executive education program Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success.
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Jobs & Opportunities

Work full time as a Research Manager with Harvard’s Center for International Development on a portfolio of education-focused research initiatives led by Professor Asim Ijaz Khwaja and CID’s Associate ...
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Coffee, Caffeine, and Health

Dam, Rob van, Frank Hu and Walter Willett. 2020. Coffee, Caffeine, and Health. The New England Journal of Medicine 383, no. 4 (July): 369-378.
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Financial Aid at Harvard Kennedy School

We are committed to distributing as much financial assistance as possible to our talented students; however, our institutional resources are limited. During the 2025-2026 academic year, approximately ...
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From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks. Many of us assume that the more ...
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Developing a rehabilitation program that works for incarcerated people

Marcella Alsan & Arkey M. Barnett & Peter Hull & Crystal Yang, 2024. “‘Something Works” in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program," NBER Working Papers 32282, National ...
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Election reform in the U.S.

THE CURRENT ELECTION SEASON in the United States has highlighted many of the problems with the country’s current election system; from convoluted campaign finance practices to stringent voter ...
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Voting Rules, Turnout, and Economic Policies

In recent years, voter ID laws and convenience voting have generated heated partisan debates. To shed light on these policy issues, we survey the recent evidence on the institutional determinants and ...