Duke TIP

Institutes

The Institutes offer you two-week employment opportunities to work with gifted students currently in grades nine through twelve. Positions could entail working one or two sessions at a single site, or one to two sessions at different sites. These two-week courses occur at Duke University and New College.Classes vary in size from 24–36 students and meet six to seven days a week for instruction, discussion, research, and field trips.Due to the intensive nature of the institutes, instructional team members are also responsible for some residential aspects of the programs. Likewise, administrative and residential team members work with the instructional team to supervise students during non-class activities and in the residence halls. You should possess a genuine interest in the academic, social, and emotional growth of adolescents, exhibit maturity, a positive attitude, and a willingness to serve as a role model.

Positions

Program Dates

Program SiteSessionAdministrativeResidential/Instructional
Duke University West Campus1June 9–June 30June 12–June 30
Duke University West Campus2July 3–July 21July 3–July 21
New College Institute2July 7–July 28July 10–July 28

 

Duke University Institutes (Durham, NC)

Session 1
Pre-Law Institute: Human Rights Advocacy
Leadership Institute: Leading Strategically In The 21st Century
The Institute Of Human Genetics
The Institute Of Clinical Psychology
Institute Of Architecture: Living Green/Building Green
The Futures Institute: Shaping Tomorrow Now

 

Session 2
The Institute Of Human Genetics
Pre-Law Institute: Controversy In The Court
Institute Of Advanced Cancer Therapies
The Philosophy Institute: The Public and Its Problems
Institute Of Advanced Mathematics: Dynamical Systems And Chaos Theory
The Institute Of Clinical Psychology

 

New College Institutes (Sarasota, FL)

Session 1
The Institute Of Amphibian Biology And Conservation
Songs From The Sea: Inst Of Sensory Biology & Neuroscience Of Marine Organisms
Wonders In The Waves: Inst Of Marine Research And Biological Study Of Sea Life
Water: The Institute Of Science, Technology And Sustainability