Re:Harvard Asian-American discrimination case opens with pac...
by btilly on Monday October 15, 2018 @07:53PM
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In the previous semester system, the campus was mostly empty during the summer.
The way that they did the quarter system reduced breaks and filled the campus year round. The result was an increased number of hours of classroom time. Yes, this was more work for the faculty. But faculty is cheaper than buildings, and the primary mission of the school is teaching.
They did not double the hours. But in the early years, they also had a pretty lopsided male/female ratio. They kept their promise.
The way that they did the quarter system reduced breaks and filled the campus year round. The result was an increased number of hours of classroom time. Yes, this was more work for the faculty. But faculty is cheaper than buildings, and the primary mission of the school is teaching.
They did not double the hours. But in the early years, they also had a pretty lopsided male/female ratio. They kept their promise.