The 4th year ought to be highly flexible. Dr. Davidson says the problem is not just the 4th year. He indicates we do not have enough time to teach what needs to be taught in the 3rd year. Instead, we've been adding things to the 3rd year making it more stressful. The 4th year needs to be considered in solving this problem.
Flexibility is fabulous.
Students figure out on their own what they didn't get enough of. Dr. Romrell pointed out that if you look at the list of things the students do, they're not doing nonsense things but preparing for residencies. Very few go off backpacking and those kinds of things. We survey off-site offerings. The Academic Status Committee reviews the status of a student wanting to go off-site.