It has always been odd to start school a month later than friends who attend semester-system schools. And the reason we do this, the nontraditional quarter system, has been a topic of debate since it ...

At some point this year, most of us have been or will be asked, by a well-meaning parent, relative, or friend, how our semester is going. While some of us look past the misnomer, other UChicago ...

For my first two years at Northwestern, I defended the quarter system vigorously against criticism. When concerned prospective students and their parents inquired about the fast-moving, high load of ...

The quarter system seems to catch a lot of flak here at the University of Oregon. Many compare our short 10-week quarter system with the longer 15-to-16-week semester system, which most universities ...

AZUSA, Calif. — Ashley Fallgren was pretty sure she wasn’t meant to be an accountant. But when she sat on a family Zoom call in March 2025,... After a promising start, Oregon men’s tennis (14-11, 5-9 ...

The quarter system: the dreaded 10-week sprint of never ending midterms, papers and finals. We’ve all heard that chipper UCLA tour guide telling a fresh batch of applicants that although the quarter ...

When he assembled a group last fall to evaluate Drexel’s academic calendar, Provost Mark Greenberg said, most members believed it was time for the University to move to semesters from its long-held ...

Northwestern students often are greeted on the first day of classes with notices of impending papers or mid-terms approaching within three weeks. These are some of the hazards that come with the ...

On Thursday, the Student Assembly unanimously endorsed an investigation of the controversial quarter system, which regulates formal contact between freshmen and Greek chapters. The system — which was ...

As a soon-to-be-graduating senior, I have had my fair share of Drexel's quarter system. When I started as a freshman, it was kind of scary knowing that each of my classes would be jammed into 10-week ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia lawmakers are having second thoughts about switching the University System of Georgia from a quarter to a semester system ...