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Dean Stephens argues that there is some statistical evidence to prove that Wonderful Wednesday has paid off at Emory. Some teachers report that classroom attendance is higher than last year; during the winter quarter, 24% of the students made the Dean's list, compared with 21.1% a year ago. Although initially reluctant about compressing their courses into a four-day week, most professors now feel that the new schedule forced them to prune, sharpen and ultimately improve their lectures. Last week the faculty legislative council overwhelmingly voted to continue Wonderful Wednesday for another year...
...says the program's codirector, Professor James Thompson, "calls for the application of sound legal counsel not only in the courts, but also in the police precincts, where the average criminal case begins." Under the Northwestern program, graduate law students divide their first year between studying in the classroom and working with the Chicago police. Their second year is spent interning full time with other police departments...
Aware of the fact that for many of his students the problems are financial, Becker helps them to find after-school jobs, adjusts the classroom schedule to fit working hours. Students on a 4-to-12 p.m. work shift, for example, are permitted to come to classes from around 10 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. They are given the regular amount of classwork but granted exemptions from gym and study periods. Some students are allowed to blend daytime class and work schedules, alternating one week on a job with a week of classes. For those in desperate...
Klopfer felt that he could not leave home for speaking engagements or a planned year's study in Germany. He could not even stray very far from the courthouse: Cooper would suddenly and temporarily call up the case, sending a squad car to haul Klopfer from the classroom to the courtroom. Klopfer demanded a trial, but North Carolina's top court rejected his request - putting him in Cooper's power indefinitely...
...other volunteers--probably a majority--insist that the program remain purely extracurricular. They argue that the separation of the program from the classroom allows a flexibility and a freedom from grade pressure...