MacEwan University general faculties council has reportedly rejected a proposal to remove its week-long Fall term reading break. The proposal suggested that the removal of the week-long break would eliminate the need for Sunday exams at the end of the term. The university’s faculty association and students’ association issued a joint letter to the general faculties council prior to the meeting encouraging them to keep the break, citing its positive impact on student mental health and arguing that there may be other solutions to the exam schedule. A MacEwan spokesperson told CBC that the “thorough debate” made it clear that “it is important for both faculty and students to have predictability going forward.”
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