The Office of the Provost notified the Drexel community Jan. 31 that the University is re-examining the Drexel academic calendar and considering the possibility of switching to a semester system. In the past few years, a number of universities have made the switch from quarters to semesters, and over 90 percent of the country’s higher-education [...]
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Provost’s office sets new policies
The Office of the Provost announced academic policy changes in effect for the winter 2013 term in an email sent Jan. 4 to all students. Registration time tickets for spring term will once again be assigned in order of seniority after one term of allowing freshmen to register before most upperclassmen. The registrar’s office had [...]
Philadelphia Orchestra files for bankruptcy
The Philadelphia Orchestra is known for having many firsts. In 1997, it became the first major orchestra to give a live cybercast of a concert on the Internet. Nine years later, it was the first to offer downloads of music from its own website without a distributor and it became the first major U.S. orchestra [...]
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