{"id":10721,"date":"2012-02-07T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T14:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=10721"},"modified":"2012-02-07T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T14:45:14","slug":"strength-in-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/02\/07\/strength-in-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength in Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the state\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Dregalla\u2019s campus in Dayton will switch to semesters in August, joining the state\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

\nRead more: http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2012\/02\/07\/colleges-increasingly-switching-quarters-semesters#ixzz1lhvD0YBP<\/a>
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