Spring term loses two weeks

Students at Washington and Lee will see a shorter school year.

 Photo by Mike Fahey.

Washington and Lee University faculty recently voted to shorten the college's undergraduate spring term to four weeks.

Students currently attend two 12-week terms in the fall and winter and a six-week term in the spring.

What will this mean for the college and the town? Mike Fahey has more.

What do you think about the change? Take the poll.

 

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