The University of Maine System (UMS) is starting a new semester today with its highest spring enrollment in eight years.

A planned move to a semester calendar—from a quarterly one—will allow SU to further support all students in all ways.

Chancellor Gene Block said he thinks UCLA should change to a semester system. At a meeting with the Daily Bruin editorial board during week 10 of winter quarter, Block said he thinks changing from a ...

Freshmen traditionally play the lost and confused students on campus. But they have company this year as even seniors try to navigate the new semester-based system. The 130-year-old University goes ...

LA JOLLALA JOLLA — In a potentially historic shift, UC San Diego says it might stop teaching courses in 10-week quarters and move to a longer, more conventional semester system to produce a less ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students line up to fill Haas Pavilion during orientation at the University of California, Berkeley last August. (Paul Kuroda/For ...

At some point this year, most of us have been or will be asked, by a well-meaning parent, relative, or friend, how our semester is going. While some of us look past the misnomer, other UChicago ...

The quarter system seems to catch a lot of flak here at the University of Oregon. Many compare our short 10-week quarter system with the longer 15-to-16-week semester system, which most universities ...

UC San Diego may become the third University of California school to ignore the quarter system for the semester system. The San Diego campus is considering ending the 10-week quarter system, according ...

Dean of the College John Boyer created a committee this quarter to explore shifting the University’s academic year earlier and possibly even switching to a semester system, according to the chairwoman ...