Show Colleges Eye Year All All Year Sessions With Degrees in 30 Months SAN FRANCISCO Jan 3 AP AP College College degrees after two and one half solid years of study year-around year operation of schools and a drastic shortening of the 12 years ordinarily required required required re re- to go through grade and hi high h school have been proposed by western educators as the re result result result re- re sult of the war emergency Virtually all the major institutions institutions institutions of higher learning are adoptIng adopting adopting adopt adopt- ing or planning short cuts to edu edu- cation Because enrollments generally have be been bean n reduced 10 per cent or more by the movement of young men into national service some institutions of higher learning are making special efforts to attract students The suggestion of a two and a year half-year college term was offered by Dean of Students H. H T. T Condon of the University of Washington He said it could be done by adoption adoption adoption tion of the six-day six week and expansion expansion ex ex- of the summer school cur cur- Dr Lee Paul Seig president of the university advocated a telescoping of grade and high school as well as college years Stanford University of California California California Califor Califor- I nia and other large institutions already have laid plans for a shortening of some courses to three years Virtually all schools of higher learning have arranged to operate longer by holding classes 11 months a year or by expanding summer programs University of Utah is stressing defense and utilitarian courses in which students often are financed by the government to make up for an expected decrease in winter enrollment Dr Elam J. J Anderson of f University University Uni Uni- of Redlands urges a 12 week summer course which if added to regular sessions would permit students to graduate with bachelors bachelor's degrees at 21 Washington State University of Idaho Oregon State and rand Santa Clara all are considering speedup speed speed- up or revision of curricula |