The difference at Harvard, he says, is that lectureships are not new, pay better and include benefits like health insurance. But different departments offer different jobs which vary greatly in benefits.
Harvard Help?
Most graduate students study debt-free. In humanities concentrations, tuition is paid by fellowships for the first three years, and funded through teaching jobs after that. In some science sections, students are expected to teach from the beginning.
Though it varies by department, tuition is often waived for students who teach--they also receive pay. Individual departments can cut off stipends after a certain number of years, and after ten years all students must reapply to GSAS.
The availability of Harvard teaching jobs for post-doctoral students is not guaranteed, students warn.
Still, Baumann says, getting hired for non-tenure track jobs at Harvard is easier than the general search process.
"They want to make sure you're a good teacher," he says, "but they don't go through the same screening process as when they're hiring someone for a tenure track or assistant professor position."
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