Word: extracurricular
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...year-round grind is definitely not for everyone. Families in cold-weather states generally refuse to break with their traditional summers off. Even in the Sunbelt, families with children in extracurricular activities tend to see YRE as disruptive. The staggered vacation times often clash with seasonal schedules for games and practice sessions. Nearly 200 parents in Oxnard lined up in the early-morning hours two years ago to be sure they could register their children in a conventional semester program. But despite such limitations, YRE has grown nationwide, from 243,000 pupils four years ago to 330,000 today...
...more departmental advising for students who wish to study abroad. Encouraging departments to be more flexible with requirements for the students who are studying abroad is also a step in the right direction. Most important, the CEA also recognized the unique commitment that Harvard students have to their extracurricular activities, commitments which would deter many students from skipping entire semesters. To counter this reluctance, one of the CEA’s main proposals was extending financial aid for summer study abroad programs, making summer study an option for many more students...
...Though not technically an international trip, this kind of opportunity is perfect because it allows students to do real, relevant coursework with their professors while experiencing a different culture. And the timing of the trip allows students who need to make money over the summer, or students who have extracurricular commitments, to still get a quasi-international experience. If EPS can think up something like this, imagine the possibilities for other departments, if given enough support...
Harvard students maintain hectic schedules packed full of a variety of extracurricular and academic commitments, meaning many students must somehow find a free moment to run to a dining hall. Consequently, it’s not hard to find an undergraduate who occasionally—and in many cases routinely—has to shell out cash to eat after missing Harvard’s limited 5-7:15 dinner dining hall hours. Yet just how widespread this problem is has been a matter of speculation until now. A UC report on dinner hours, made after an extensive 270 student...
Save for scattered extracurricular activities, there is traditionally little interaction between freshmen and upperclassmen. If the College is serious about breaking this barrier—as the Harvard College Curricular Review proposals for increased peer advising and hopefully abortive noises about formally affiliating freshmen with residential houses suggests—it would be wise to encourage upperclassmen-freshmen interaction from the moment freshmen set foot in the Yard. However, it shouldn’t end when freshman week does. The Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO) should consider expanding the Prefect Program to several prefects per entryway, which...