Monday, March 2, 2009
The Senate Executive Committee is currently considering a reduction in the number of class days in the academic calendar from 150 to 148, a change that would eliminate Stop Day. Such a change is acceptable only if the University also implements a dead week — a moratorium on major tests during the final week of classes — that would ensure that students had adequate time to study.
The details of such a policy have not been finalized, but it would mean no substantial exams could be given that week, and any papers and projects due would have to be assigned well in advance. Students would have an entire week to prepare for final exams, rather than the 24-hour respite provided by Stop Day.
The revised calendar would also allow more time for summer and winter break internships, and study abroad programs.
“Stop Day is kind of an old phenomenon they developed when there were still finals on Saturdays, which was as recently as 2000,” said Barbara Phipps, chairwoman of the University Calendar Committee. “Since now there is the two-day weekend, Stop Day is not as necessary … We’re trying to adjust the calendar to be more pedagogically sound.”
At a meeting last Thursday, University Senate discussed the possible changes to the academic calendar.
University Senate president Marianne Berry said Senate had tabled the discussion to gather more data about the consequences of such a change.
University Senate did propose moving Fall Break to a Monday and Tuesday in October during the 2012-2013 academic year, a change that is pending approval from the University Administration and the Board of Regents.
The University currently allows examinations to be given during the last week of classes, as well as a corresponding final examination, but many comparable schools have instituted rules that give students a breather before finals week.
The University of Colorado at Boulder and Kansas State University both have dead weeks.
The Calendar Committee is working to benefit students by adapting new policies that give the students the best possible learning environment.
University Senate, the Board of Regents and the student body should recognize the practicality and advantage of the proposed schedule change.
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