But at other schools with formal shopping periods, the add/drop period is significantly longer and provides students with an opportunity to sample classes more freely. Based on student survey results, ...

Shopping period is one aspect of Brown’s liberal arts model that can feel like both a blessing and a curse. While shopping gives us the option to sample many different classes and commit to schedules ...

As second semester gets ready to kick into full gear, many Boston University students still find themselves adding, dropping and altering their classes to form the perfect schedule. But at some ...

Last spring, Associate Teaching Professor of English Michael Stewart MA’07 counted 93 students in the crowd on the first day of ENGL 1050F: “Line Work: Experiments in Short-Form Writing” — a course ...

The Editorial Board recognizes the benefits of allowing students more time to experience classes before committing to them but also realizes the impracticability of implementing a full shopping period ...