Exams before break proved unsuccessful

Lauren Fabiszak, In-Depth Editor
January 14, 2013
Filed under Op-Ed, Opinion

'Tis the season to be stressed. That’s exactly what the JC community was this year, but the stress was over the quickly approaching exams rather than Christmas preparations. In the past, the midterm exams took place in the middle of January about two weeks after the holiday break. Typically this... Read more »

Back to the drawing board

Emily Cassidy, Reporter
June 20, 2012
Filed under News

Will we still have free mods next year? “The schedule is not planned to change next year, but we are going to have to make some changes to the schedule in the future for the STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] program,” Ball said. Ball said the changes that need to occur for STEM will... Read more »

Midterms moved to December

Adam Kuester, News Editor
May 3, 2012
Filed under News, News Flashes

This year, exams were shortened to an hour and a half, and an even bigger change will begin next year when midterms will  be held before Christmas break. Ball was motivated to move exams with the hope that it would produce better results. "Student achievement goes up with exams before Christmas...... Read more »

Academic Council strikes down pre-Christmas exams

Allison Siegel, Managing Editor
December 29, 2009
Filed under News, Top Stories

The possibility of having exams before Christmas break has been brought before the Academic Council for the past two years. However, both times it has been brought proposed, it was defeated because a majority of the faculty disagreed with the idea. According to a poll sent to the entire student body... Read more »