News' View: Shopping period must be preserved
An associate registrar has suggested modifying shopping period. We support some changes, but they must be the right ones.
As reported on Monday, Associate Registrar Daria Vander Veer is frustrated by the frequent room changes she is forced to make during shopping period, when students are still deciding which courses to take and enrollment numbers remain in flux. She proposes several changes to shopping period, including shortening it to one week; holding seminars twice during the first week in two one-hour blocks; and having students indicate their five first-choice classes, which they are most likely to take.
“The downside is the wear and tear not only on us, but on students as well,” Vander Veer...
