Summer School Expands Program; College Heads Bar 3-Term System

President Conant has joined with the presidents of Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, M.I.T., and Tufts in announcing that their colleges are not planning to adopt a three-term-a-year accelerated program. Harvard had revealed two weeks ago that it was not planning any such action.

In making the announcement, the seven college heads emphasized that the United States is not engaged in a global war nor committed to total mobilization. They agreed that the three-term schedule is undesirable from the point of view of both students and faculty, and is justified only under war conditions.

Future Adjustments

Future schedule adjustments for those who start college after serving for two years or more in the armed services are a separate problem, the presidents asserted. They said studies are now under way in many institutions to find methods of assisting these men when they start applying for college about two years from now.

Students who want to graduate in three years can do it by taking five courses instead of four and attending one summer school session. Therefore the University feels that there is no need to introduce the three-term schedule, which, according to Provost Buck, lowers academic standards by forcing professors to give courses three times a year.