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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Faculty consider new academic calendar proposals

January 8, 2017

In an effort to combat student stress and other concerns about the quarter system, several academic calendar changes were proposed at Faculty Senate last month. The Educational Affairs Committee proposed...

New course evaluation system, Blue, to replace CTECs

January 20, 2016

Northwestern is set to replace the Course and Teacher Evaluation Council system with Blue, a third-party evaluation software. Similar to CTEC, Blue will serve as a data collection system for NU courses...

Task force recommends Northwestern begin academic year in August, still maintain quarter system

January 11, 2016

A task force studying the undergraduate academic experience has proposed Northwestern begin the academic year five weeks earlier, while still maintaining the quarter system. Christened the “10-5-5-10”...

Neurobiology Prof. Indira Raman listens to a student’s comment during a forum on undergraduates’ academic experience Thursday. Raman chairs the task force that will propose reforms to Provost Daniel Linzer in mid-December.

Students critique mental health resources at academic task force forum

October 9, 2015

Students focused on the effect of Northwestern academics on mental health during a forum on the undergraduate academic experience Thursday, offering criticisms to faculty tasked with proposing reforms...

Despite petition, Linzer unlikely to add more students to task force

May 31, 2015

Provost Daniel Linzer showed no support for a petition that asks him to put four more students on a task force examining undergraduate academic experience in an interview with The Daily on Friday. Linzer...

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