Opinion (from Harvard Crimson) - It's Time to Ban Laptops at Harvard

"Harvard’s administration, amidst their push to encourage students to prioritize academics, has identified screens as a barrier to learning but left classroom screen policy up to individual professors and departments. Many professors still haven’t taken the leap into luddism. It’s time for the College to take a top-down approach to screens in the classroom...

... Banning screens is an answer to students’ academic neglect: It would increase classroom engagement as well as create a culture where the benefits of in-person learning can be fully realized."

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/9/3/barnum-harvard-ban-laptops/