In case you have forgotten, here are the calendar frameworks:
- F1: Four August class days into December, 3-day Thanksgiving break
- F2: Two August class days into December, 5-day Thanksgiving break
- S1: Delay February break by one week
- S2: 5-day spring break to March, 2-day break to April
- S3: A 2-week earlier version of the current spring calendar including graduation
- S4: 2-week earlier graduation, no February break, 5-day spring break in the middle
Pick a framework, pick a constituency, and read the comments by those who agree, disagree, or are unsure about the assertion. Percents in blue. Approximate number of respondents in green.
Assertion
|
Ugrads
[1425] |
Grads
[550] |
Staff
[465] |
Faculty
[480] |
Alumni
[325] |
F1
Improves Current |
Agree 31.7 Disagree 55.4 Unsure 12.9 |
Agree 43.1 Disagree 42.4 Unsure 14.5 |
Agree 57.2 Disagree 18.7 Unsure 24.1 |
Agree 70.1 Disagree 17.0 Unsure 12.9 |
Agree 27.2 Disagree 57.2 Unsure 15.6 |
Improves Current |
Agree 51.4 Disagree 34.3 Unsure 14.3 |
Agree 51.5 Disagree 31.8 Unsure 16.7 |
Agree 49.1
Disagree 26.7 Unsure 24.2 |
Agree 39.5
Disagree 41.3 Unsure 19.2 |
Agree 38.2 Disagree 45.6 Unsure 16.2 |
Improves Current |
Agree 37.5 Disagree 38.5 Unsure 24.0 |
Agree 41.2 Disagree 30.6 Unsure 28.2 |
Agree 30.7
Disagree 36.7 Unsure 32.6 |
Agree 29.4
Disagree 41.3 Unsure 29.3 |
Agree 49.7 Disagree 26.5 Unsure 23.8 |
Improves Current |
Agree 30.1 Disagree 53.7 Unsure 15.2 |
Agree 33.2 Disagree 47.4 Unsure 19.4 |
Agree 38.7
Disagree 31.6 Unsure 29.7 |
Agree 35.6 Disagree 31.6 Unsure 29.8 |
Agree 28.5 Disagree 52.5 Unsure 19.0 |
Improves Current |
Agree 52.8 Disagree 34.9 Unsure 12.3 |
Agree 40.1 Disagree 46.3 Unsure 13.6 |
Agree 47.2
Disagree 33.0 Unsure 19.8 |
Agree 27.0
Disagree 59.5 Unsure 13.5 |
Agree 28.8 Disagree 56.7 Unsure 14.4 |
S4
Improves Current |
Agree 29.3 Disagree 58.9 Unsure 11.8 |
Agree 29.1 Disagree 59.0 Unsure 11.9 |
Agree 44.1
Disagree 37.1 Unsure 18.8 |
Agree 36.8
Disagree 49.0 Unsure 14.2 |
Agree 15.6 Disagree 71.8 Unsure 13.6 |
There are 8 possible full year calendar frameworks.
See how they compare with one another and with the current calendar.
Notes:
- Percent breakdown of undergraduate participation in the survey: Freshman = 25%, Sophomores = 33%, Juniors = 27%, and Seniors = 15%. Responses are not that different between the classes.
- Professional Students (less than 100 participated) were merged with graduate students.
- Not everybody answers every question. So the green numbers are approximate.
- Alumni who graduated in 2014, 2015, and 2016 were explicitly invited to participate because they experienced b0th the current calendar and its predecessor. It may be assumed that most of the alumni are from this cohort.