He's done a fantastic job. Since the information is globally available on the Web, high school students as well as cross-registered students from Harvard and Wellesley and other prospective enrollees can get a good look at MIT's academic offerings ahead of time. Faculty and staff can also use the Web site to answer questions about subjects and requirements, Ms. Minias said. Students and advisors will rest assured that a decision made today will not adversely affect a student's ability to graduate on time. The program would then explore possible schedules that meet all the constraints, choose the most desirable schedules from many possibilities, and display them to the student or advisor.
Completion dates for the next two phases are still undecided.
Other, more immediate issues must also be resolved, such as how often the on- line subject information should be updated. It may eventually be possible to save money by printing fewer copies of the MIT Bulletin with course and degree descriptions, although it still contains information not on Mr. Wessler's Web site, Ms. Minias said.