He has one block per year set aside for research, but students want him as a mentor when it suits their academic schedule. The issue of time is crucial on the Block Plan. One month is not enough time to teach research methods, do the research and write about it. Others are unable to fully commit to the research because of other jobs that consume their time. If students received compensation for the time given to research, they wouldn't need the other jobs that take them away from it.
Many students contribute to each paper.
Credit for the paper goes to the person that spent the most time and effort putting it together. Students that do only one or two blocks of research are more interested in putting it on a r sum than in publishing. Working in the summer is often more worthwhile because the students are committed to a project for more than three weeks. It doesn't seem like such a waste of time to teach them research methods because they will be engaged in the project for a longer duration. Clara Lomas spoke of a different experience with student-faculty research.