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Additionally, other Harvard schools, such as the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, have much more extensive programming for J-Term. HKS offers nine three-week January courses for credit, which count for spring-term course credit for all purposes.
Given that the College will not facilitate programming for three weeks of Winter Break, it will again be up to students to arrange their own experiences during this time. To this end, it is often easier for people who are socioeconomically advantaged to self-create compelling J-Term experiences, as...
Therefore, we suggest that travel grants be made available for students. In many cases, J-Term could enable the same types of experiences and results for which academic departments and the Office of International Programs presently offer financial assistance during the summer.
Expanded J-Term programming facilitation would be a good idea, and we believe there is a substantial desire in the student body for it. Dean Hammonds’ message to the student body mentioned that, “Of the students who remained in residence during the Winter Break 2010...
All this said, we are appreciative of whatever programming will be available, and we are glad that the College has informed us of the details about the upcoming J-Term at a relatively early point this year. Next year’s J-Term does promise to provide an experience...