Crown Fellows do not teach in the first year. During their second and third years, they normally serve as teaching assistants in undergraduate courses. Advanced graduate students are eligible to apply for University Prize Instructorships, sponsored by the Graduate School. Successful applicants design and teach their own undergraduate courses. In addition, the Boston Library Consortium allows graduate students to use books in major libraries throughout the area.
Graduate students have full access to the many nearby manuscript repositories.
Brandeis is within easy commuting distance of some of the very best public and private libraries in the United States, including the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Public Library, and the American Antiquarian Society.