academic calendar

Reconsider the calendar

Could less vacation time be a good thing?

By Ylena Zamora-Vargas | Mar 29 06:29 pm ET

USenate approves calendar resolution

University Senate approved a resolution that will allow students to reschedule exams on Dec. 23, formally laying to rest debate about next year's academic calendar.

By Emily Kwong | Apr 30 07:10 pm ET

Resolving the academic calendar: First steps

It was clear that due to schedules already being finalized, next year’s calendar would not change.

By The Student Affairs Committee of the University Senate. | Apr 27 06:49 pm ET

Students plan further academic calendar protests

On Wednesday night, the Facebook group Petition to Change Columbia University Winter Break Calendar sent a message to its more than 2,000 members to urge further protests.

By Elizabeth Scott | Apr 23 02:48 am ET

I'll be home, exhausted, for Christmas

But there is still a tremendous burden on students that has gone unaddressed. The problem of not having enough study days and having too many tests in too little time remains untouched, and allowing students to move exams to before Dec. 23 actually exacerbates it.

By Editorial Board | Apr 18 10:08 pm ET

USenate writes proposal to allow Dec. 23 exams to be rescheduled

The University Senate's education committee has decided to allow students to reschedule final exams on Dec. 23 if these exams present “undue hardship.” The proposal is pending approval by the full Senate on April 30.

By Emily Kwong | Apr 16 04:39 pm ET

Students in the USenate: Minority whipped

As evidenced by countless editorials, Facebook commentaries, and Bwog bashings, we have all been shocked by the inability of anyone to resolve the current academic calendar debacle.

By Mark Hay | Apr 5 08:25 pm ET

Councils push for revised calendar

Council presidents presented their preferred academic calendar to the University Senate in a debate that has fallen increasingly along student-faculty lines.

By Emily Kwong | Apr 5 02:27 am ET

Council leaders present proposed calendar to USenate

Student council leaders presented their proposed academic calendar at the University Senate Friday.

By Emily Kwong | Apr 2 05:12 pm ET

Councils vote in favor of early academic year

While the University Senate Education Committee may continue to dismiss a proposal that would start school before Labor Day, some student councils won’t let go so easily.

By Emily Kwong | Mar 30 03:18 am ET

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