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Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and Associate Dean of the College Jeffrey Wolcowitz, two of the three administrators charged with oversight of the review, also talked with students about a proposed January term, or “J-term,” and the dearth of student-professor interaction at the undergraduate level...
Students also discussed the introduction of a J-term between semesters, which has been presented by administrators as one potential way to synchronize academic calendars throughout the University and to ease cross-registration in graduate courses...
Gross said a J-term would allow students to pursue in-depth study in a field of their choice, and proposed starting classes before Labor Day and finishing the term earlier to free time for the extra term...
...bigger problem would be how to ensure that J-Term classes were of the same standards as term-time classes, and not regarded as a joke, as has been the case at other schools who have the 4-1-4 schedule. Unless required to, few professors would care to shoulder the extra workload of a month-long class, especially if planning it cut into the teaching demands of the Fall semester. Without attracting the quality classes that the true semesters do, a J-Term would likely offer cast-off courses—filling classrooms with dispirited junior professors forced...
Some schools may have found it to work successfully, but it is a model that needs to be considered carefully for the needs of each academic community. Williams and Middlebury justify their J-Terms by offering many travel opportunities away from their secluded campuses and requiring students to take advantage of them. Cornell advertises the small class size and personal attention of their J-Term courses. But because we currently enjoy relatively smaller class sizes, a bustling urban campus and because our study abroad program is not prepared to take on the task of organizing so many students traveling aboard...