Editing Preceptor (section)

==Education==
In some universities in North America, preceptors are student volunteers who assist the professor and teaching assistants of a large lecture class by helping to design lessons, and holding office hours and review sessions. In some cases, volunteers are required to take outside classes focused on "leadership development", where the final grade is determined by both the professor and a leadership development teacher. The term "preceptor" can also refer to a paid student grader.{{cn|date=February 2016}}

At some universities, including [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] and [[Oxford University|Oxford]], "preceptors" are not students but faculty members teaching courses in [[writing]], [[music]], [[mathematics]], [[languages]] or [[life sciences]]. In some departments, they are not tenured faculty but rather non-ladder faculty, generally PhDs, who help to administer courses. Harvard preceptors, who teach introductory writing, have included the ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]'' staff writer [[George Packer]], the novelist [[Tom Perrotta]], the former ''[[The Boston Globe|Boston Globe]]'' music critic [[Richard Dyer (music critic)|Richard Dyer]] and the poet [[Dan Chiasson]].{{cn|date=February 2016}} At [[Columbia University]], on the other hand, "preceptors" are senior graduate students who, along with senior faculty, teach courses on "Literature Humanities" and "Contemporary Civilization". The title is also used to refer to [[teaching assistant]]s at [[Princeton University|Princeton]], who are typically [[graduate student]]s.

At [[Elon University School of Law]] in [[North Carolina]], a preceptor is an attorney who mentors two or three first-year law students.