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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?...
...only two weeks out-of-sync with Harvard’s other schools. And surely if the College and other schools with finals after Christmas are willing to change, the four J-term schools should be willing to as well. Unless all of Harvard University meets halfway on calendar reform, students from the College and four other schools will be left with a flawed J-term as their only reward for their sacrifice. Harvard University’s calendar can serve students best by finding common ground among its nine members...
...with a whopping $900 every year due to the cost of textbooks. To many students at Harvard, this figure probably seems like a rather low estimate. But an encouraging movement underway—which has picked up support from several members of Congress—may soon lead to reform...
...calendar reform committee’s report will be discussed by the Faculty at its April 20 meeting, which will foreshadow the discussion of the curricular review report, which is scheduled to take place...