Word: three-term
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...appearance of an emaciated summer course catalogue will come as a blow to the mass of veterans returning to Harvard full of ambition and serious intentions. Despite the announcement last fall that the three-term year would be continued until the end of the "demobilization period" in order to meet the needs of returning servicemen, the schedule of courses for this summer does not begin to fill the requirements of men seeking to obtain their degree as quickly as possible...
Also announced in President Conant's report was the inauguration of a three-term calendar, to begin September, 1945. "The exigencies of war or the needs of returning service men will determine the schedule of our operations," said the President, establishing fall and spring terms of 16 weeks each and summer terms of 12 weeks. Credit would be granted for work done while in the armed forces, he said...
...realized. Flexibility in admission policies in selecting men who show the greatest educational promise, rather than those who most nearly satisfy pre-war conditions of academic credit. Flexibility in granting academic credit for various types of study completed by candidates while serving in the armed forces. Flexibility in the three-term 44-or 45-week calendar...
...phases of the plan, which was established by Faculty vote in the spring of 1948. Originally designed to merge advanced courses, it had to be extended during the war to include certain others, such as History 5 and Fine Arts 1, because of reduced enrollment, a small faculty, the three-term calendar, and other wartime considerations...
...School itself, Landis outlined the policy of permitting students to complete the full course in a little more than two years, by admitting classes three times a year and maintaining a three-term schedule...