The new proposal aims to reduce course scheduling conflicts for students.

The Harvard Crimson reports.

‘Harvard Time’ Could End By Fall 2018

The clock is ticking for “Harvard time.”
Two pending proposals suggest to eliminate the unofficial seven-minute grace period between classes starting as early as fall 2018, in anticipation of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’s move to its new Allston campus in 2020.

Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris presented the proposals to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at their monthly meeting Tuesday. The proposals aim to spread out courses more evenly throughout the academic day and week to reduce course scheduling conflicts for students. They also would allow for adequate pass time once FAS expands to a second campus.