Four Day Weeks in Massachusetts
Links to spreadsheets showing the percentage of courses that
meet on Friday are given below. Massachusetts
has many schools packed into its relatively small space.
They range from the most eltie to the least selective
and from very traditional schedules to near 4 day weeks. This
makes a good start for a study of the effect of
Friday classes on retention and graduation rates, but
other Northeast states follow.
AIC_F14 39% courses have class on Friday
AMC_F14
39% courses have class on Friday
Amherst_F14 39% courses have class on Friday
Assumption_F14 49% courses have class on Friday
Bard Simon_F14 25% courses have class on Friday
Becker_F14
26% courses have class on Friday
Bentley_F14 24% courses have class on Friday
Boston College_F14 45% courses have class on Friday
Boston Univ._F14 52% courses have class on Friday
Brandeis_F14 29% courses have class on Friday
Bridgewater_F14 32% courses have class on Friday
Cambridge College_F14 45% courses have class on Friday
Clark College_F14 44% courses have class on Friday
Elms_F14 34% courses have class on Friday
Emerson_F14 17% courses have class on Friday
Emmanuel_F14 32% courses have class on Friday
ENazarene_F14 41% courses have class on Friday
Endicottt_F14 43% courses have class on Friday
Fitchburg_F14 25% courses have class on Friday
Framingham_F14 39% courses have class on Friday
Gordon_F14 48% courses have class on Friday
Hampshire_F12 8% courses have class on Friday
Harvard_F12 12% courses have class on Friday
Holy Cross_F14 48% courses have class on Friday
Lesley_F14 28% courses have class on Friday
MCIA_F14 37% courses have class on Friday
MIT_S14 46% courses have class on Friday
Merrimac_S15 36% courses have class on Friday
Mount Holyoke F12 30% courses have class on Friday
Northeastern U_F14 30% courses have class on Friday
Newbury_S15 22% courses have class on Friday
Pine Manor_S15 15% courses have class on Friday
Regis_F14 36% courses have class on Friday
Salem F14 44% courses have class on Friday
Simmons F14? 27% courses have class on Friday
Smith F11 40% courses have class on Friday
Springfield_S15 47% courses have class on Friday
Stonehill F14 37% courses have class on Friday
Suffolk F14 27% courses have class on Friday
Tufts F14 16% courses have class on Friday
Umass Lowell S14 31% courses have class on Friday
Umass Boston S14 43% courses have class on Friday
Umass Amherst S12 40% courses have class on Friday
Umass Dart F14 47% courses have class on Friday
Wellesley F14 39% courses have class on Friday
Westfield State F12 37% courses have class on Friday
Wheaton F14 28% courses have class on Friday
Wheelock F14 29% courses have class on Friday
Williams F14 44% courses have class on Friday
Western New England F14 52% courses have class on Friday
Worchester Poly F14 81% courses have class on Friday
Worchester state F14 32% courses have class on Friday