debate. There's a lot out there on the web, but not much substantial.
It seems like it's largely a matter of personal taste.
Anyway, some of the basics are covered in wikipedia (see especially
the references at the bottom):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_quarter_(year_division)
If you want to see how it's done in other countries around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_term
and there's some interesting chatter here:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/31512-quarter-vs-semester.html
This is actually a substantial pro/con discussion at ucla, here:
http://www.senate.ucla.edu/SenateVoice/Issue3/Debate_Semesters_Or_Quarters.htm
There's LOTS more, of course, and I encourage browsers to post the
most substantive links.
- Alan W
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Rather than do semester versus quarter, it would be interesting to think about some different system that fits Caltech's particular style of a science-based, research-oriented education. In particular, it would be great to see more "active learning" opportunities at the possible expense of traditional lecture-style courses.
Niles Pierce and Dan Meiron have a very interesting proposal along these lines. I assume the committee has a copy; let me know if not and I can forward it.
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