"The fact that Putnam knows people personally makes the class more interesting," Linos says. "He has insight as to how people act."
Often, professors will hire students to do original research for their projects, which helps students apply classroom theory to the real world.
"I try to get students involved, for students to get most of the experience, to get their names out there," says Orfield about his outside research projects.
Jasanoff says that students can reap several benefits from participating in a professor's outside project.
"I often employ students as researchers in my projects," she writes in an e-mail, "Also, I have often used my connections to help students find internships and other positions in the outside world."
A Matter of Priorities
The 20 percent rule, according to Jasanoff, is the University's way of regulating the faculty's conflict of commitment.
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