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...example at Middlebury College, where a 36-year-old J-term is currently under scrutiny, the faculty delicately characterize the problem as “J-term culture,” which is “defined by student expectations of low workload.” Granted, this culture suits some Middlebury professors just fine; in a Jan. 26 Crimson op-ed, Middlebury professor Murray Dry endorsed his school’s winter term as “an academic change of pace...
...definitely feel like it’s an advantage,” Nelson said. “As far as knowing the workload they have, the classes they take [and] the expectations Harvard has for its students, I think I’m on the same page with that. I feel that there is a kind of Harvard personality. I can be sympathetic to that but also know how and when to push them...
...Brainard both emphasized that there is a possibility that some of the eliminated positions would later be reinstated. An “impact study” will be launched in coming months to assess whether Cabot’s current employees will need help in managing the increased workload, according...
...that’s why reading period is a quagmire. Professors assign more readings and research papers during the regular term than they otherwise would, were there less unscheduled time to finish it all. Eliminating reading period from the calendar would also eliminate the onerous work accompanying it. Where workload must be standardized among many different course offerings, as in the Core, this would be particularly effective: Harvard could force professors to get rid of superfluous readings and to choose between a few shorter papers and a single research project...
Under the pressure of five classes and a heavy computer science workload, Joe said he resorted to taking Ritalin last fall—even though he has never been diagnosed with an attention deficit disorder...