Proposed Budget Reduction Plan

Keilexandra
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:09:54 +0000

So, if “few” J-Term courses are “actually offered for credit,” what percentage of the program will be cut by eliminating the “not-for-credit” courses? Part of the appeal for me is the chance to take crazy “fun” courses that wouldn’t otherwise fit in the curriculum or engage my interest for an entire semester. And now that Smith does have to heat the school during January, wouldn’t it save money to cut the program? I’m not really understanding how it was ever a cost-saving mechanism.

Regarding my friend: shrug She hinted that the English department was too traditional or close-minded for her taste, by saying that she grew to love philosophy because it was so much more “open.” But English is such a large department that you can’t characterize it so narrowly. Maybe she would have majored in English if she’d attended a different school and meshed with the professors better. --But that doesn’t mean Smith’s department is necessarily worse or even worse for me.