Admin. error eliminates Fall Break for coming year
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the cancellation of Fall Break Day for the 2009–2010 academic year and the reasons given for it.
- The News-Letter reported that the University canceled Oct. 12 Fall Break because planners had not accounted for Labor Day, when classes could not be held.
- The paper reported that Vice Provost Paula Burger said the problem was found after a faculty member noticed that Monday courses would lose a class meeting, and that several alternatives were considered.
- The article says a panel chose to hold classes on Fall Break Day, and that Student Life Dean Susan Boswell said she and SGA officers agreed with that decision.
- The reporter writes that officials rejected moving the semester earlier because of freshman orientation and Housing and Dining preparations, while preserving the three-day reading period.
- The article adds that some students expressed disappointment, while Student Life proposed moving Fall Fest to the affected weekend.
- According to the article, the calendar problem would recur in 2010–2011, but Burger said the University hoped to accommodate Fall Break with more preparation time.