The place of compressed courses in the process of students’ training: foreign experience

Abstract

The concept of compressed courses is not new to higher education abroad. Institutions began offering shorter summer term courses in the late 1800s so as to expand educational preparation to a year-round format [6]. The summer months presented an opportunity to offer courses during a traditionally idle time. Today students take a wide variety of compressed courses from summer classes to those offered during the breaks between academic terms. Numerous researches demonstrate that the compressed course approach helps students to combat boredom and burnout, and it decreases their tendency to procrastinate.