2008 Woodie Awards
While '07 Christmas Eve make-ups are gone, debate on schedule modification continues
James Marconi
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: News
"Past experience has been that make-up days were never used - they were automatically added to calendars just in case there was some major occurrence. For Fall 2007 they have been eliminated," said Interim Dean of the School of Communications and the Arts John Ritschdorff. "The exam schedule that will be prepared for fall 2007 will concentrate the free slots at the end of the week to minimize the risk of not getting examinations completed."
Though the immediate issue of exam make-ups in close proximity to Christmas has been resolved, future dispensations of the Labor Day rule are still on the table. Proposals have been made in the past, according to Kent, that would make an earlier school year a permanent fixture in the calendar. They were rejected. After this year's excitement, he said that a version of those proposals might be better received.
"This time, the effect is, I believe, we're going to bring [that permanent change] to the Faculty Affairs Committee in the spring for an up-or-down vote," Kent said.
At the very least, another temporary alteration will be put on the table for the next academic year, said Ritschdorff.
"The faculty governance structure is currently talking about a change for 2008 - 2009 and the administration is supportive of such a change," he said.
Thanks to the efforts of the Student Government Association, according to Kent, student outrage over the then-current schedule was quickly brought to the center of attention.
"The student government got on top of this early on," he said. "This is a case where [they] really acted in the students' interests very effectively."
Though the immediate issue of exam make-ups in close proximity to Christmas has been resolved, future dispensations of the Labor Day rule are still on the table. Proposals have been made in the past, according to Kent, that would make an earlier school year a permanent fixture in the calendar. They were rejected. After this year's excitement, he said that a version of those proposals might be better received.
"This time, the effect is, I believe, we're going to bring [that permanent change] to the Faculty Affairs Committee in the spring for an up-or-down vote," Kent said.
At the very least, another temporary alteration will be put on the table for the next academic year, said Ritschdorff.
"The faculty governance structure is currently talking about a change for 2008 - 2009 and the administration is supportive of such a change," he said.
Thanks to the efforts of the Student Government Association, according to Kent, student outrage over the then-current schedule was quickly brought to the center of attention.
"The student government got on top of this early on," he said. "This is a case where [they] really acted in the students' interests very effectively."
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