There are also some old favorites taught again this summer. A Shakespeare course taught by Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber and "Baseball and American Society, 1840 to the Present" taught by Professor of HistoryWilliam Gienapp will likely draw a sizable number of students.

A large portion of the summer school class comes from local cities and towns--many hail from Massachusetts, as well as from New York, New Jersey, California and Florida.

However, some come from much farther away. About 24 percent of the students are from outside the U.S.

Students flock to the summer school for different reasons. Some come to receive college credit for Harvard or other institutions; others are graduate students hoping to study a subject in-depth or pursue an area that they never had the chance to explore before.

This year, approximately 370 students are from the College or one of the University's graduate schools. Five hundred forty students come from other colleges to spend the summer at Harvard. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled in the secondary school program.