CSU Stanislaus plans to drop winter term in 2011 - Patty Guerra, Modesto Bee

In 1973, California State College, Stanislaus, implemented a new schedule to boost enrollment and attract more students. It included a winter term, which offered the chance to explore new fields or study overseas. Monday, the university announced the end of winter term, effective in the 2010-11 school year. The campus will move from its 13-week fall and spring semesters and four-week winter term to two 15-week semesters and an "intersession." Although he said it will save California State University, Stanislaus, an estimated $1.2 million, President Ham Shirvani said the move was not solely motivated by money.