As the Eptein files saga has progressed, I became interested in a little sidenote. Apparently, one of Epstein's closest associates was Lawrence Summers, the former Secretary of the Treasury.
Larry Summers
Well, Summers was also President of Harvard at one time and is married to Elisa New, a professor of English, most especially poetry.
Elisa New
Several years ago, New's Poetry in America series of classes was a bit of a rage on this board because it was possible to take five different courses in poetry at the Harvard Extension School for $250 each. That is $62.50 per graduate credit. This was a steal and I took all five courses for a total of 20 graduate credits in English for $1250. I am a high school English teacher and this qualifies me to teach dual credit classes. Following this, I moved to a different state, took a different job and now teach AP English classes as part of my schedule. AP does not require 18 graduate credits to teach, but this made me the obvious choice for the spot.
Well, as the Epstein files have dripped out, it appears that the Poetry in America series and New appear in the Epstein files and both Summers and New traveled to Epstein's island.
Epstein Connections
Epstein's foundation even gave $110,000 to New's poetry initiative.
I really cannot say anything bad about the classes themselves. They were about the cheapest graduate credits in English that a person could take anywhere and they really do appear on a Harvard transcript. I enjoyed them, learned a lot and benefitted from them.
And, surprisingly, as I looked into this, it appears that Harvard still offers a scholarship for teachers who want to take the classes at $250 per class. I told my co-worker about this and he is signed up for next semester and was approved for the scholarship.
It is still a great deal. It's so good that there must be something funny going on.
Harvard Extension
Link with Teacher Scholarship Application
Larry Summers
Well, Summers was also President of Harvard at one time and is married to Elisa New, a professor of English, most especially poetry.
Elisa New
Several years ago, New's Poetry in America series of classes was a bit of a rage on this board because it was possible to take five different courses in poetry at the Harvard Extension School for $250 each. That is $62.50 per graduate credit. This was a steal and I took all five courses for a total of 20 graduate credits in English for $1250. I am a high school English teacher and this qualifies me to teach dual credit classes. Following this, I moved to a different state, took a different job and now teach AP English classes as part of my schedule. AP does not require 18 graduate credits to teach, but this made me the obvious choice for the spot.
Well, as the Epstein files have dripped out, it appears that the Poetry in America series and New appear in the Epstein files and both Summers and New traveled to Epstein's island.
Epstein Connections
Epstein's foundation even gave $110,000 to New's poetry initiative.
I really cannot say anything bad about the classes themselves. They were about the cheapest graduate credits in English that a person could take anywhere and they really do appear on a Harvard transcript. I enjoyed them, learned a lot and benefitted from them.
And, surprisingly, as I looked into this, it appears that Harvard still offers a scholarship for teachers who want to take the classes at $250 per class. I told my co-worker about this and he is signed up for next semester and was approved for the scholarship.
It is still a great deal. It's so good that there must be something funny going on.
Harvard Extension
Link with Teacher Scholarship Application
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