The Blue Sky Committee was formed in 1966-1967. The development of the committee was triggered by Davidson College's recent Self Study at that time. As a result, the Blue Sky Committee was charged with restudying various aspects of the academic program and of the college itself. In November of 1967, the committee proposed changes for a new college curriculum and proposed that the college adopt a calendar of three terms, to be arranged within the traditional academic year of September to June. Thus, came about the 3-3-2 plan. Proposals were also made for the Washington Semester program and the Career/Service program. The committee also proposed that area examination be required of all students except those in the Honors College. These examinations must be successfully completed before a student may enter the junior class. The committee also suggested that the academic departments of Davidson College be separated, for the purposes of delineating distriution and core requirements into the fourareas of Language/Literature/Arts, Religion/Philosophy, Natural Science/ Mathematics, and Social Science. Other programs and changes proposed by the Blue Sky Committee included a Foreign Study Program, a Freshman English Program, a two-year Humanities program, a Foreign Language Requirement, the establishment of a Learning Center, the initiation of a Non-Western Studies Program, an Independent Study Program, and the establishment of an Honors college for a limited group of students who show exceptional intellectual ability and maturity. In order to propose the above programs, the Blue Sky Committee organized a list of Subcommittees and the report of these committees are included in the files.