Four Day Weeks at Flagship Northwest Schools

Links to spreadsheets showing the percentage of courses that meet on Friday are given below.  Two schools do exceptionally well in the traditional way (over half the time using MWF classes), Idaho and Washington.  The rest of the schools are all over 40 percent, which is better than some regions.  While this is evidence of considerable growth of MW classes, these schools still have class on Friday much more than most schools in the Ivy League and some of the elite liberal arts schools.  While the flagship schools are not as selective as the more elite schools they are more selective than other state schools and they seem to be resisting the four day week.  I have already documented some very poor use of Fridays at some more common state schools, esp. in California where we have one of the lowest flagship schools, UCLA.  Still, I think it noteworthy to see the more selective state schools are doing better at preserving Friday as a class day.  This suggests that they believe that class on Friday is important even if you have strong students.

U of Alaska F13 46% courses have class on Friday

U of Hawaii_S14 45 % courses have class on Friday

U of Idaho F13 59% courses have class on Friday

U of Iowa F13 41% courses have class on Friday

U of Minnesota S14 40% courses have class on Friday

U of Montana F13 45 % courses have class on Friday

U of North Dakota F13  43% courses have class on Friday

U of Oregan F13 45% courses have class on Friday

U of South Dakota F13 47% courses have class on Friday