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After a semester-long process of so-called debate and deliberation, the Harvard University Committee on Calendar Reform finally released its recommendations in late March. Charged with finding ways to coordinate the academic schedules of Harvard’s many schools to facilitate cross-registration, the Committee’s chief proposal is to move final exams to before winter break throughout Harvard. Four out of nine of Harvard’s schools already use such a schedule, and the committee’s bias—as well as the bias of University President Lawrence H. Summers?...
...sure, College administrators have many ideas about how they would like to use the month of January. Indeed, much of the support for calendar reform stems from a desire to use the month of January for innovative new curricular projects. They argue that J-term is not simply an afterthought in the quest to align Harvard’s calendars, but an integral part of the reason. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 calls the potential J-term “an opportunity for us to offer types of instruction that we don?...
...Your calendar is your life and your life is your vacations,” he says. “It’s during your vacation that you can do your own work...
Mansfield says changes in the January calendar could, aside from providing questionable academic benefits, hinder professors’ research...
Professor of Psychology Daniel M. Wegner adds that any calendar change may have an adverse effect on the other two semesters...