Colby Magazine: From the Hill

	Still Life with Broun Director of National Museum helps dedicate Lunder Wing

	The Deeds of Didier Oak Human Rights Fellow warrants total commitment

	Lovejoy Winner William Raspberry Calls for Less Negativism in News

	Colby Math Professor Inspires Raspberry

	Committee on Race Prompts Debate

	Graduation Credit Requirement Raised

Since 1975, Colby's graduation requirement has stood at 120 credit hours, but if approved by trustees, the Class of 2004 will need 128 credits for graduation.

In 1997 the Academic Affairs Committee set up a task force to study Colby's graduation requirements in comparison to peer colleges and Ivy League universities.

The task force discovered that over the past 12 years the number of Colby courses offered at four credits versus the traditional three has increased. This means a student can attain 120 credits by taking fewer than four courses per semester envisioned in the 1986 Educational Policy Committee Report. The anticipated increase "is designed to bring our graduation requirements more in line with peer institutions and to return to the normal four courses per semester (plus January credits) that we had in earlier years," Cotter said.

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