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...Mead said the average cost of running Summerbridge for a summer...
Harvard donated to the program for the first time last year, Mead said. She added that not only did Harvard increase its donation this year to $6,000, but it also made free housing for teachers available at Peabody Terrace so that qualified applicants would not be deterred by the cost of living in Cambridge for the summer...
Summerbridge does not only cater to the students, but to the needs of the teachers as well, Mead said. The program goes out of its way to hire high school and college students who are seriously considering teaching careers. By the time the teachers complete a full summer of designing and implementing curricula, they should have a much better sense of their career goals, Mead said...
...Mead said the competition to become a teacher in the program is far more intense than that to become enrolled as a student. This summer, over 300 people applied for 28 teaching positions...
This year, five Harvard students made the final cut—a typical number, Mead said...