Alan Garber
Provost Lauds HarvardX, But Questions Its Financial Sustainability
Alan M. Garber '76 projected that the current models for funding Harvard's branch of the virtual education platform are unsustainable, given the high monetary and time cost of generating online material.
Health Benefits Update Introduces Higher Premiums
Harvard faculty and nonunion staff members on Harvard’s health plans will see an average 7.3 percent increase in their insurance premiums next year.
Benefits Changes Bring Relief, and Potentially Confusion
The chair of the body that recommended the changes is “worried” that Harvard faculty and staff might have difficulty navigating the numerous health plan options.
After Criticism, Harvard Offers Additional Health Benefits Plan
Harvard has revised its health insurance options for nonunion faculty and staff members to offer an additional plan without deductibles or coinsurance.
HMC Executives Saw Compensation Increase from 2012 to 2013
Since-promoted Harvard Management Company president and CEO Stephen Blyth received $11.5 million in compensation in 2013, about double his compensation of $5.3 million in 2012.
Committee Considers More Options for 2016 Health Benefits
Changes introduced to the 2015 health benefits plan, which were first unveiled last September and rolled out in January, have come under considerable fire from faculty, who criticized the increase in costs for non-union staff.
Garber Discusses Transparency Between Faculty and Administration at Meeting
The meeting comes on the heels of faculty criticisms of changes to the health benefits policy for Harvard’s non-union employees and the University’s approach to announcing and devising the changes.
