This paper summarizes responses to a survey that examined the attitudes of secondary school officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, toward dividing the secondary school year into two separate semesters. Survey data were gathered from questionnaires completed by all secondary school principals in Vancouver, as well as from written comments…

This report discusses a survey conducted in the Vancouver (Canada) School District to further investigate points raised in a previous study on the advantages and disadvantages of dividing the secondary school year into two semesters. Data for the survey were gathered through discussions with subject-area coordinators and department heads and…

In an effort to determine the most effective school calendar system, a task force was formed at Pennsylvania's Reading Area Community College to examine the advantages and disadvantages of converting from the college's current term calendar to a semester system. The task force examined the experiences of 11 other institutions that had undergone…