Harvard

The push is on to pull the plug on yesterday's phones.

At least one company will actually pay you to get away for a while.

Kai's idea for a new Marketplace segment.

Harvard President Drew Faust says salary after college shouldn't be priority.

Harvard Business School launches new online classes, geared to the masses

College courses with a 95 percent dropout rate would trigger alarm bells at most universities, but researchers at Harvard University and MIT says that’s potentially fine, at least in the case of some massive open online courses, or MOOCs.

Last year, Harvard graduates made less money per year than alumni from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology -- which costs about four times less than Harvard to attend.

Even elite universities like Harvard, with a $32 billion endowment, are reducing expenses. Among the cuts? Faculty subscriptions to academic journals that can cost $40,000 a year.

Venerable educational institutions like Harvard and MIT are giving away education online for free. So what can you do with it?