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...students, the yawning gulf between the last day of classes in December and the end of exams can be filled with sparkling original research,” Connor says. “Pushing exams back, compressing reading period and exams, etc. will thwart that kind of work, and no J-term can make up for it. I fear that we may trade seriousness—about academics, the arts and athletics—for a stress-free holiday and some smorgasbord course offerings in January...
...J-term for undergraduates will only be possible if Harvard adopts the University Committee on Calendar Reform’s recommendation to end the first semester before winter break and start the second semester in late January or early February...
Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris, the co-chair of Overall Academic Experience, said the University-wide committee’s decision to make way for a J-term was not intended to force the College to institute...
Other faculty members also say that starting the academic year earlier and shortening reading period by three days in order to accommodate a J-term is counterproductive and results in logistical difficulties...
...Crimson poll of 363 undergraduates in December found 45 percent support taking first-semester exams before winter break. Forty percent of students are opposed, with a three-point margin of error. The poll did not ask about a J-term specifically...