I don’t get it (or maybe I do).
They took away 1-2 class sessions per course, and basically eliminated reading period. That’s supposed to be good for students?
They added three more vacation days, a month before a long vacation. That will make the (shorter) fall quarter perhaps less stressful, but it won’t do anything about the other two (more compressed) quarters.
They created another revenue opportunity in the fall, offering courses in a format that doesn’t fit lots of courses, and will depend on getting faculty to teach five days/week in September. Maybe yes, maybe no for students. One of my kids took an intensive class during a summer term, and it was a pedagogical air ball.
They addressed a problem I think was more of perception than reality, matching summer internship schedules with other colleges. It will be a plus for some students, probably, and a big plus for marketing to the kind of prospective student who is going to worry about getting the “right” internships.
The big wins are revenue, and marketing. A lot of the rest is, well, marketing.