There are promises to visit lecture halls, buildings where famous research was conducted ("Here at Indiana University, we'll see where Alfred Kinsey asked frumpy housewives personal questions about sex!") and the library.
Started in 2008, the group has 2,810 members and has scheduled more than 500 events in the last few years, including museum visits, lectures about philosophy and screenings at the New York Film Festival.
Proceeds will support the museum's exhibitions and its community outreach programs, which include classes for public school teachers and students on contemporary art and poetry, along with museum visits, lectures and studio workshops.
At the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, he even skipped a visiting lecture by Maurice Sendak.
More professors than ever are visiting, lecturing, instructing and assisting -- all comparatively uncommon appointments a generation ago.
That includes monitoring which employees visit which lectures and booths and looking for patterns, he said.
Visit university lectures on topics you know nothing about to stretch your imagination and improve your knowledge.
The mean grade of the students who visited the lectures was 2.37 (SD 0.90) while that of those who did not visit the lectures was 2.34 (SD 0.96) (German grading system with 1 representing the highest grade).
I would have been a Visiting Lecturer who neither visits nor lectures.
The 10-day tour runs throughout June and costs from £1,540 per person, including B&B, garden visits and lectures.
