Its time the US changes the shiduch system to the one that operates in Israel and Europe. Couples should go out for the same amount of dates but rather over a 1-2 week period rather than 4-6 weeks. This should speed things up and maybe alleviate some of the problems.
Obviously if couples need more time then they should be allowed to go out for as long as they want – but this should be the exception rather than the rule. This method is tried and tested and it appears to work.
All shadchonim should be pushing for this.