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The panelists also emphasized the “autonomy” of academic work.
She said an academic commitment to a field of study could sometimes serve as a powerful bond between two people and could bring together otherwise dissimilar individuals.
The longer winter vacation, often referred to as January Term, was created as part of the University’s calendar reform, which took effect this academic year.
Instead of having each senior spring candidate upload a transcript and provide two recommendations as candidates did in the first two rounds, this new election process will seek consultation from the director of undergraduate studies for each relevant department based on academic records obtained from the registrar.
“Many schools’ Phi Beta Kappa is determined solely by grade point average, and we have long felt that that is a narrow viewpoint,” McCarty said. “We want to look at academic excellence more broadly. The level of difficulty and...