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There are three common calendar systems in use by the UnitedStates higher education institutions.Semester Systems are one of them.
The academic year is divided into two terms,each of whichprovides for about 15 weeks of instruction plus a week for final examination.Thefall semester,considered the first term of the academic year,usually begins inSeptember or late August,and it is increasingly common for the term to startearly enough to be completed before the two-week Chritmas holiday.The second orspring semester usually begins sometime in January and ends in late May orearly June.Most schools schedule a one or two-week vacation in March or April.Avariation of the semester system being tried by some institutions is the"4-1-4"calendar,which has a four-month fall semester ending inDecember,a one-month short term in January for which students may enroll ifthey wish,and another four-month semester beginning early in Februry.

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在美国高等教育机构中，有三个普通的的日历系统。学期系统是其中一个。
一学年分为两学期，每学期约15周的（加上期末考试周）。秋天开始的学期，是本学年的开始，通常在9月或8月下旬，在圣诞节前两周结束学期已经变得越来越普遍。第二学期通常在一月份开始，结束于5月下旬或者六月初。大多数学校在三月或四月安排两个星期的假期。一些机构尝试用"4-1-4"的学期制度。第一个学期是为期四个月的秋季学期，在12月份结束，在一月份会有一个为期一个月的时间，这一个月学生可以自主选择。紧接着就是在二月初开始的为期四个月的另一个学期。