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...later than two calendar years after the beginning of their first college year, all students in the Enlisted Reserve Corps will be required to take a qualifying educational examination. Those who pass this test above a certain level will be allowed to remain in college, and continue their studies in an inactive Reserve status. On the other hand those who have failed to attain this level will be called on active duty in an enlisted status at the end of their second year, provided they have no valid reason for deferment...
Though a January term was not specifically mentioned, the summary did “recommend an alignment of the academic calendar [with Harvard’s graduate schools] and therefore a unique January experience,” the source said...
Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris said the new calendar would push students to be more efficient with their time during the fall semester...
...advantages of the proposed calendar is that it will encourage students to budget their time, to stay much more on top of their reading during the fall than they do now, to take their exams, and have a real winter break,” Harris said. “The way we do things now...leads students to put off much of their work [and] cram before exams, which we know leads to lower retention rates...
...rare student comment at the Faculty meeting, Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 also supported a calendar change, citing his conversations with students as evidence...