College Summer Requirement

ucbalumnus
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:12:32 +0000

Looks like a requirement common to all Florida public universities.

https://www.flbog.edu/documents_regulations/regulations/6.016_technical_change_2009_09_29.pdf

Effectively, that means planning for 8.5 semesters of attendance (and limitations on earning money at a job during one of the summers), unless the student can graduate without the 8th regular semester.

It is probably motivated by resource limitations. Pushing some of the enrollment out of fall/spring (especially fall) into the summer (where there is plenty of unused capacity) allows enrolling more students without needing to increase actual capacity.