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This fall, Elizabethtown Comm­unity and Technical College will roll out new eight-week class schedules. The initiative, called 8 Week Advantage, offers multiple advantages to students, from new high school graduates to working adults who are coming back to the classroom for the first time in a while. 8-Week Advantage reorganizes students’ schedules, so they can focus on fewer classes at a time. The fall and spring semesters will have two eight-week sessions. One eight-week session will be offered in the summer. For example, during a traditional 16-week semester, a full-time student ty...

Elizabethtown Comm­unity and Technical College will transition to an eight-week class schedule this fall.  According to a news release, beginning fall 2021, 8-Week Advantage reorganizes the academic calendar into five eight-week sessions. The fall and spring semesters will have two eight-week sessions, and one eight-week session will be offered in the summer. College President Juston Pate said around three years ago, while traveling to various conferences, he began hearing about student success from schools who adopted some type of compressed schedule. About two years ...