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If you think university is about learning, starting at midday is an easy win and it’s kind of baffling that administrators everywhere are sleeping on it. If you
by fwlr 4y ago
If you think university is about learning, starting at midday is an easy win and it’s kind of baffling that administrators everywhere are sleeping on it. If you think university is about earning Reasonably Conscientious Employee accreditation, starting at midday would miss the whole point.
- toxik 4y agoIt is both, and the fact is that a day only has so many hours. Scheduling is already difficult, halving the number of hours would be impossible. “But just schedule evenings” maybe you object. Ok, so what about the other daytime obligations that teachers may have? Daycare, office hours of collaborators, etc. The 8-5 schedule is an emergent property of society, not a ruthless schedule imposed by the elusive morning person cabal.
- mold_aid 4y agoYeah in general I think we need to reconsider the role of the credit-hour in universities. Some of the biggest trouble I got into as a prof is when I sent my students out on campus for research during my hour as - and here's something not yet noted in this discussion - students outside of their assigned classroom at a time is actually a notable liability risk.
- giantg2 4y agoAt best, your opinion is equally baffling. You're suggesting a one-size-fits-all solution which would be worse than the current situation since you can generally choose earlier or later classes. Eliminating early classes will hurt people who do well in the morning.
- asdff 4y agoThey don't have enough lecture hall space or teaching staff to run all the classes midday.