Richard Light

Walter H. Gale Professor of Education, GSE
Dir., Harvard Seminar on Assessment
HKS Adjunct Faculty
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Office Address
Belfer-508
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 83
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1183
Fax: 617-496-4086
Email: richard_light@Harvard.Edu
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Richard J. Light is the Walter H. Gale Professor of Education. With a PhD in statistics, his work explores challenging problems in American higher education. Light has been asked by four Harvard presidents, Derek Bok, Neil Rudenstine, Lawrence Summers, and Drew Faust, to lead an ongoing project to strengthen the college experience for students. He has published seven books. His most recent book Making the Most of College won the Stone Award for the best book on Education and Society. Light has served as President of the American Evaluation Association, on the National Board of the American Association of Higher Education, and on the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. He has chaired the Panel on American Education for the National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has chaired its project to explore changing demographics in higher education. At the Kennedy School, Light is chair of The Forum on Excellence and Innovation, a project designed to encourage innovations and assessment at America’s leading universities.

 

Courses

Fall

  • HLE-342 Tackling the Toughest Challenges for Modern American Higher Education