I believe a more appropriate solution would be to leave the classified staff loan period unchanged, increase the graduate student loan period from four to eight weeks, and increase the period for those advanced to doctoral candidacy to one semester. This option was dismissed in committee as unfeasible. I am very skeptical that this is so. The current loan system already contains nine different borrower categories. Likewise, the net software adapted for renewal can be reconfigured for one additional category, and UT identification cards can contain the appropriate encryption, even if doctoral students have to acquire a new card when they advance to candidacy.
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