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Caitlin D. Green ’06, a transfer student from Middlebury College who was one of 1,100 applicants this year, said she found Middlebury??s student population of 2,400 “way too small” for her. “I also wanted to be in a city,” she said, “and Middlebury is in the middle of nowhere...
...activities that could not be offered in any other environment. With wide participation from faculty and student clubs, MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP) allows students to do lab work, learn topology, shoot a bow-and-arrow, weld aluminum and watch imported anime—literally everyday. Middlebury??s J-term includes extensive travel and service opportunities. At Harvard, an ideal J-term could open up the possibility of international travel, research and volunteer work. Student groups could also take advantage of January to plan ambitious activities that might otherwise be impossible to squeeze into...
...intersession—will turn into another avenue for over-stressed students to “get ahead.” On the other hand, if J-term consists of nothing but non-traditional, non-credit electives, then the very academic value of J-term will be suspect. Middlebury??s non-credit, mandatory J-term may provide students with unique travel opportunities, but many students and faculty there describe it as little more than a chance to slack off. And while many Harvard students might appreciate an extended chance to hang out, it is hardly Harvard?...
...teach American political thought, constitutional law and political philosophy. During the past 36 years, I have taken advantage of Middlebury??s winter term to study Plato’s Laws, Thucydides, Francis Bacon’s Advancement of Learning, Rousseau’s Emile, the French Revolution, Henry Kissinger, the Puritans, The Education of Henry Adams, Paradise Lost, some Shakespeare plays and criminal justice in America. I have taught many of these courses with other regular and visiting faculty members, including a former student who is a lawyer, and my brother, with whom I enjoyed teaching Shakespeare...
However, not all my colleagues support winter term, and that is why we are reevaluating it this year, as we have in the past. Later this spring, Middlebury??s faculty will vote on whether to retain or abolish winter term. The main objections from faculty and administrators are that the “extra preparation” causes “burn-out” for the spring semester; that 12 weeks is not enough time to cover a subject; and that some students have personal and social difficulties dealing with their “free time...