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Assigning Course Time Slots

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Julia Ridge, OLLI National Resource Center

Fred Bassett, OLLI at University of Cincinnati, asks OLLI:

Because many of our moderators have similar preferences regarding when and where they teach, on certain days and times, the University of Cincinnati’s OLLI program has more courses and moderators wanting to teach them than time slots available.  Have you ever had this problem, and if so, how do you address it?  What criteria do you use to assign course time slots?