Why do big names--from Bernbaum Professor of Literature Leo Damrosch to Professor of History William E. Gienapp--choose the classroom over summer-time research?
Some do it for the money. Some say they simply love teaching and can use the summer as a testing ground for new courses. Others say they enjoy exposing a whole new set of students to their favorite topics.
To Spread the Word
Summer school students include high school students taking advanced courses, Harvard College students taking courses for credit, students from other colleges and universities and older adults wishing to take more courses, Buck says.
This interesting group of students gives professors a new audience to reach.
"Most of my colleagues are fascinated by what they do, and they want to tell people about it," said Buck.
Most of the courses that Harvard professors teach in summer school are similar--in content if not in speed--to those they teach during the academic year.
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