Strength in Numbers

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As the state’s public colleges carry out a request by the University System of Ohio to create a common calendar, Otterbein’s advice is in demand at places like Wright State University, where music professor Herbert Dregalla Jr., was appointed director of the semester conversion process.

Dregalla’s campus in Dayton will switch to semesters in August, joining the state’s other public colleges that were asked by the University System of Ohio to create a common calendar. In addition to Wright State, five other Ohio public institutions will transition in the fall. All other Buckeye State publics already use semesters.

At Otterbein, Wright State and elsewhere, a set of common concerns emerged early in the process. Will the semesters increase student cost? Will they delay graduation? How will professors redesign courses?