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Administration officials announced yesterday that the College will not be offering any “January Term” programs next year, a revelation that comes nearly two years after Harvard first decided to alter the College calendar to include a “J-Term.” Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds said that the financial situation has forced the College to abort its previous plans to offer programming for the “January Experience”—as it has come to be known. Planning for the period was in its early...
Harvard structures students' academic experiences to afford the greatest possible freedom to design individual programs. Students normally enroll in four classes each term. Their plan of study includes work in their concentration, the Core Curriculum, Expository Writing, and Foreign Language...
...Five weeks of unstructured break may indeed seem excessive; many lament the lack of guidance offered in terms of how to spend this time. This criticism, however, illustrates the severe level to which Harvard students seem to have internalized the need for an unwaveringly structured and regimented college experience. I personally find it liberating to have the ability to determine on my own how to spend the break, without the pressure of official Harvard suggestions or guidance looming over my decision-making process. If organized alternatives had been offered, the unhealthful Harvard climate of always keeping up with our stressed...
...unfavorable rift would have divided those who chose to take advantage of such extra options and those who decided to stay home; a negative stigma of perceived laziness would persist around those who chose to enjoy a long, stress-free break instead of opting for a J-term course. Students should not be punished (materially or psychologically) for wanting to enjoy a long break. The deans’ letter’s mere mention of using this January time as a potential means of “making connections” is cringe-worthy enough...
This is about J-Term...