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...Terms everywhere have been under fire recently because many of them simply fail to strike the right balance. At issue is the level of academic rigor. If it is too high, the goal of reducing student stress—presumably part of the rationale for moving exams before break??will inevitably be undermined. With required J-Term courses, January risks becoming a time when a school full of overachievers feels compelled to rush through remaining requirements. More likely, however, if standards are too low and courses are offered only on a pass/fail basis for instance, J-term risks...
...graded J-term because their faculty feared students were not taking the pass/fail J-term seriously. And although some of the opportunities being discussed do sound appealing, we must admit that with term-time requirements what they are, students will likely view J-Term as an extension of winter break??rather than an addition to the academic year—and treat it accordingly...
...many of the most exciting opportunities on an optional basis such that students would have full discretion about how and where to spend their January. We are firmly resolved that if the calendar must be altered and January exams must be eliminated, students would overwhelmingly benefit from an extended break??a combination of winter break, intersession and more. Even the busiest of Harvard students could use a forced time out. Meanwhile, this time would also allow for the College to offer optional, non-credit travel and research opportunities to students who so choose. Given the dearth of existing...
...there must be something different about this year, so different that it took the words “break?? in conjunction with turkey day to tear me away from my Harvard bubble...
...vice president of Yale’s student government, the Yale College Council (YCC), Chancellor A. Carlisle says he expects the same turnout from Yale as in years past. Despite the changes, he says, Yale students are still foregoing some of their week-long Thanksgiving Break??which starts today—to attend The Game...