"It's important that we have [seminars] at all levels and not have it be some special experience for graduating seniors," McLendon says.
And faculty say that they feel an institutional responsibility to teach seminars.
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"The ethos of the place is that no matter how distinguished you are you teach undergraduates," Dobin says. "It may be a different culture than
Harvard."
Rosen notes that even senior faculty take on sections for lecture courses.
"There is something of a tradition," he says. "You have people like John Fleming and Toni Morrison committed to teaching when they could be home writing another book."
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