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Academic Calendars May Be Lengthened as Colleges Ponder Concerns about Quality.

Cage, Mary Crystal; Lederman, Douglas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993

Since the 1960s, many colleges and universities have shortened their school years. Driven by debate about the quality of undergraduate education and about whether students are getting their money's worth in college, some institutions are reexamining their academic calendars. Practical considerations, including student attendance patterns, make…

Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Administration, Educational Quality, Higher Education

Changes in Number of Days in Terms at Public and Private Institutions.

Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993

The number of days in each quarter, semester, or trimester is compared for academic years 1968-69 and 1993-94, for 10 private and 10 public colleges and universities. Intersessions and January sessions are included. Total number of days per year have decreased in almost all these cases and now vary from 134 to 172. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Higher Education