April 20, 2007

Undergraduates as Researchers

To the Editor:

Marc Zimmer argues that pursuing modest projects at the edges of mainstream science can be an effective way to involve undergraduates in research ("Guerrilla Puzzling: a Model for Research", The Chronicle Review, February 16). Zimmer makes many good points, but sometimes undergraduates can participate in a more direct, frontal assault on research problems. This is certainly true with the model of the Mongol horde, terminology that goes well with Zimmer's references to "a

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