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Lewis says that the bottom line on class size is that a Harvard education is what you make of it and does not hinge on whether a given class has 10 people or 1,000.
Dean of Undergraduate Education William M. Todd III says that there is no "one size fits all" answer to the question of class size.
"Classes in which students can feel they actively participate better seize their attention and engage their minds," Todd wrote in an e-mail message. "But some of our professors have the rare talent to conduct a class of 1,000 as if it were a seminar of 15."
And it is not necessarily true, he added, that enrolling in a small course would ensure a stimulating classroom experience. Poor teachers are poor teachers regardless of class size.
For dedicated professors, the thought of facing an audience of hundreds two or three times a week can actually make them work harder.