In an earlier post, I mentioned that we can condense sessions by offering 8-week courses and that this would allow students to enter into school earlier than waiting 15-16 weeks. Well, better than that would be having different terms or calendars. So, for instance, you can have a calendar A and a calendar B for offering classes and even a calendar C, if you want to have more entry points. Students want to go to college now, today, right this second. The age of instant gratification is here and even though academia cannot be in that method for various reasons, we can get students started and in the education journey at different entry points.
I mean, why is it that a student that moves in the middle of their 10th grade year can just pick it right up at the school where they continue the year, but in college we make people gain a W or F for the semester and then wait until the new college at the new place starts and the student has to start from the beginning of the class? I am not suggesting that the student starts class at the new college where s/he left off, but we should be able to assess the student sooner than waiting for the next term to start in 10 weeks. Basically, we should have more than 3 or 4 entry points a year. How about 10 or 20?
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Pretty smart idea, but it will probably take another decade for institutions to figure that out.
Thanks. I jokingly call this method the "5 quarters system."
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