Learner Stories

Being a Harvard global learner will be a life-changing experience that not only will transform my professional capabilities, but also broaden my perspectives and enrich my personal growth.

Saad A.

PredictionX: Omens, Oracles & Prophecies

It is with great satisfaction that I highlight the relevance of the content covered in this course, which was extremely current and applicable to my area of expertise in Business Law and research in Artificial Intelligence.... This course not only expanded my understanding of data science, but also provided me with practical tools to address complex problems in my field. I look forward to applying these learnings in my professional and academic career.

Lucas C.

Data Science Principles

The course was a genuinely life-changing event for me. I gained a solid understanding of contemporary teaching methods and the evolving higher education scene thanks to the course's broad, thorough, and very relevant content.

Harry M.

Harvard Bok Higher Education Teaching Certificate

The program was structured in a way that kept me engaged throughout. Even though it was online, the discussions made it feel collaborative and connected. I walked away with practical knowledge and a stronger understanding of data science principles.

Farhat R.

Data Science Principles

When choosing between the many available options for online learning, I chose the Harvard Online community because of the wealth of diversity between students and the outstanding faculty teaching the courses.

Robert D.

Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers

It was a pleasure to be part of your students. My professor was an incredible instructor. I was able to learn a lot about several architects over time and it was a rewarding experience.

Maria Alexandra R.M.

The Architectural Imagination

This program offered invaluable insights into healthcare financing, delivery models, and value-based care, enhancing my ability to navigate economic complexities and drive innovation in the healthcare industry.

Khirstyn-Lien V.

Health Care Economics

As a data advocate and practitioner in the humanitarian and development sectors, it was incredibly insightful to see how cutting-edge statistical techniques are being used by world-class economists and researchers to inform more equitable policymaking.

Niccolò C.

Big Data for Social Good

This course was worth my time and I thoroughly enjoyed communicating and learning with innovative thinkers from around the world. This was a great experience, and I am grateful my administration invested in me in this way to continue learning and growing so I could better do my job and help more humans.

Lindsey K.

Open Innovation

Since I have already studied Open Innovation for my PhD, I am impressed by all the new knowledge and insights that I have gained. I like the different perspectives and the great case studies, which have been very supportive in many ways.

Prof. Dr. Rafaela K.

Open Innovation

I took the Strategy & Execution course with Eric Rosenbach online earlier this year. It was one of the best things I did in all of 2024.

Tina P.

Strategy Execution for Public Leadership

Thanks to the Harvard Bok Center, I now feel prepared and confident for my first day in the classroom, despite starting with little to no knowledge of teaching methods. I'm eager to apply what I've learned to create a supportive and engaging classroom.

LaTonya A., MA LPC

Harvard Bok Higher Education Teaching Certificate

Amazing experience, highly recommended for all lawyers including transactional and in-house counsel like myself, and litigators as well, to further develop a proper focus on increasing profitability while minimizing risks.

Adam G.

Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers

Thanks to this course which helped me understand business and finance from the scope of a lawyer. Now I feel more confident at reading and analysing numbers that regularly come up in corporate transactions.

Omran D.

Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers

I have walked away with a transformative learning experience that will positively impact my professional work to move employers towards more inclusive hiring practices for immigrant and refugee talent and how I show up as a manager of my team.

Kimberly C.

Outsmarting Implicit Bias

This course opened my eyes to issues I had not thought about... The course made me think about these challenges, and in particular, how they apply in my organization. It also made me aware of the growing challenges in the industry.

Course Participant

Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Care

The course was thoughtfully developed and gave me the opportunity to better understand the public leadership perspective. I would recommend this course to individuals wanting a career in public leadership.

Rob A.

Strategy Execution for Public Leadership

This is an eye opening essential learning for all people working in health care. It is essential to understand what lies beneath the surface of our current systems and how they are stacked against certain populations.

Christy

Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Care

If you are looking to learn the basic dynamics of the health care industry as well as understand how to define a strategy to be successful in improving patient outcomes and reducing overall health care costs, then this is the class for you.

Joshua M.

Health Care Strategy

I think this course should be a requirement for all people who work in the health care industry, from environmental service folks to CEOs.

Rae N.

Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Care

I already had some theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics covered in the course. However, the way the content is given... and the participation stimulated by the methodology, expanded my knowledge and my vision on the subject. Real cases are good for understanding and learning the topics. A real feast.

Adelino de M. F.

Health Care Strategy

This course was extremely significant in my learning about healthcare business industry standards, expectations, and ways to implement to healthcare strategy into a consulting role, which is what I am moving into. This course sets a phenomenal foundation in to my professional pivot into this role.

Jane C.

Health Care Strategy

I never thought that I would learn this much from an online course. The critical thinking has been awesome and really improved how I approach privacy issues at work and in my private life.

Sofia S.

Data Privacy and Technology

The content, cases, and examples helped me understand how this topic is applies in real life, and definitely added lots of value to my professional interest. I am likely to leverage this knowledge in my career.

Thelma T.

Open Innovation

I thought this was an amazing course with extremely relevant content. Coming from the clinical support and product development side of medical device startup companies, this course really opened my eyes to some of the decisions that the c-suite individuals would make on the business side.

Michael A.

Health Care Strategy

It is super valuable to see health care from another perspective other than clinically, and to realize that clinical and financial goals can align with the right people working together.

Holly D.

Health Care Strategy

I enjoyed the style of presentation for this online course... The questions asked for discussions and peer-engagement platform helped the course look like a live lecture, while participants benefit from the comfort of their personalized schedules.

Payam T.

Health Care Strategy

This is a very well designed course to understand the nuances of the US healthcare system economics. The videos and the guest talks were very helpful to understand the real world examples... Overall a very good course.

Krishna K. C., MPH

Health Care Economics

This course provides enough details, tips, and real-world examples to utilize open innovation as a strategy within any organization. It helped explain the different tools, platforms, tactics, and flexibilities to use depending on the business outcomes required.

Ed W.

Open Innovation

I love that the format lets me learn asynchronously when I have time in my busy schedule. ... The courses foster this peer engagement much more effectively than I have found in other online courses that I have taken.

Denver S. III, MD

Health Care Economics

The course is especially relevant for anyone who is venturing into a career path centred around data privacy and technology. I also appreciate the interplay between privacy and technology because I got to see just how crucial it is to guard against the innovation of technology that is non-compliant with data privacy laws.

Giscard K.

Data Privacy and Technology

This is an amazing course. The professor did a fantastic job dissecting the complexities of healthcare into chewable chunks.

Howard H. D., MD, FACC

Health Care Economics

I was highly impressed how uniquely and smartly this entire course was designed and structured. There were variety of real life application/industry based mandatory individual/group assignments/case studies which were not that easy. Your thought process and critical thinking gets deeply challenged.

Avnish K.

Data Science Principles

The way the course is designed helped me to interact with my peers and learn from them, expending my perspective about the subjects being discussed. I also feel that I learned more about privacy and data protection in ways that I would never have thought about it if it wasn't for the real-world cases.

Camilla de C.

Data Privacy and Technology

I would highly recommend it to anyone starting out in the health care industry as a business leader. I particularly enjoyed the case studies because it gave real world application examples of how business is done. I also learned about pioneers that I was able to discuss with my manager at work.

Tracy Lyn De S.

Health Care Strategy

I love the way the course is structured with real-world examples and the critical thinking sessions. It forces us to reflect upon what is happening around us. People who have an interest in cybersecurity, as well as those that would like to gain more general knowledge, would greatly benefit from this course.

Anand N.

Data Privacy and Technology

This is a topic that people in any industry should have at least basic knowledge of in order to create more efficient and competitive businesses, tools, and resources.

Carlos E. S.

Data Science Principles

The course was informative on both current and future data privacy and technological innovation trends—the need for data privacy without inhibiting innovation. The team and instructors prompt critical thinking while broadening the understanding of data privacy beyond the frontiers.

Joanita N.

Data Privacy and Technology

It's especially beneficial for learners to be able to tie back new or abstract concepts to ideas that we understand. This course helped me understand data in this context and what algorithms are actually trying to solve.

Alejandro D.

Data Science Principles

Data Science Principles applies to many aspects of our daily lives. The course helps guide people in everyday life through decision making and process thinking.

Jared D.

Data Science Principles

Designing a Nation Project to Address and Reduce Socio-Economic Disparities in Healthcare in Egypt will be a big spot light in our Healthcare Provision history. So, I trusted Harvard to be enrolled in this topic because of gaining knowledge, experience and tools from The Best Practice in the field Globally and I was right and [this course] introduced me to all I need to start in this critical field [of Health Equity].

Hesham Ahmed Z.

Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Care

The way this complicated topic was presented and the reflection it caused was impressive. I enjoyed the way I could dive into a whole new world of expertise in such an engaging way.

Sonja S.

Data Science Principles

This course broadens and enriches one's perspective by offering an opportunity to interact with and learn from highly accomplished faculty, business leaders and peers from all across the world.

Paul M.

Data Science for Business

As algorithms continue to permeate nearly every aspect of our lives, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how these algorithms work and the underlying ethical concerns they raise. As an independent researcher in AI, Society and Democracy, I found it necessary to attend this course to have a basic understanding of data science. I do recommend the course because it successfully simplified complex technical concepts through peer engagement and case studies.

Joanita N.

Data Science Principles

I have already recommended the course to a fellow colleague. The quality of the faculty and the course content is rich and highly educative. I have gained a lot by taking up this course and I can confidently refer same to anyone.

Godwin

Strategy Execution for Public Leadership

It was a fantastic experience. I grew up as a person with this course and will bring this knowledge not only to my work but also to my life. This course goes beyond health care, it is also about humans relationships and how we can mitigate them or improve them.

Filipe M. L.

Innovations in Teamwork for Health Care

I love this course so much. Thank you. It broadens my knowledge in higher level of healthcare organization especially on psychological safety skills, teaming skills, joint-problem solving skills and the principles and practicality to facilitate health care management.

Elina S.

Innovations in Teamwork for Health Care

There were moments when the terms are difficult to understand, but thanks to my classmates in this class, I learned gradually until I understood how things work. I thought I knew enough about data analytics at first, but as I worked through this course, I realized I still had a lot to learn and understand, from the simple step-by-step process down to seven methods of analysis. I will use this course as a foundation for both my future academic endeavors in data analytics and for my career.

Elizer

Data Science for Business

Each topic was well covered and understandable for a regular audience, without sacrificing accuracy. I enjoyed learning about case studies. Each takeaway was very helpful in understanding the main idea of ​​each module. Overall, I have learned a lot about healthcare economics through this course. I want to thank all the people who made this course possible.

Alexander A. C.

Health Care Economics

I like that it is a virtual course, and people can do it during their free time within a limited time. I like the content, which is very dynamic and interactive with many other thoughts and financial ideas.

Fernanda C.

Health Care Economics