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...other schools, J-terms are successful because they give students the chance to pursue on-campus experiences that depart from their normal academic routines. Such opportunities free students to explore different interests and to get to know different sides of their college community. As proposed, Harvard’s J-term will do precisely the opposite. By restricting student access to housing for three weeks in January, Harvard may save money, but it will exact a high cost by disrupting students’ lives and diminishing their college experiences. We urge the administration to reconsider its plan...
...response to an announcement from Harvard deans this week outlining plans for next year’s “January Term,” the Undergraduate Council’s Student Affairs Committee voted on Tuesday to recommend a policy paper advocating greater student access to January housing...
...housing is provided during January “students will plan things—just as we plan great things in term time,” said Mary K. B. Cox ’10, president of the IOP’s Student Advisory Committee...
...Staff ’10, the UC’s former SAC chair, said that considering the outcome, the Council was “probably not proactive enough” in the decision-making process for the J-term...
Administrators had shown “quite a bit of ambiguity,” she said, because they had not heard from the Finance office what would be possible for J-term when they initially spoke with UC representatives...