I agree: a university is a workplace for a lot of people, and work is expected to take place during working hours, by definition in our society that means 9-5. I never even heard this discussion being brought up, honestly
Comment on Why are there no universities/colleges that start in the afternoons?
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I suspect the main reason is the inertia of the 9-5 that most of the world revolves around. You’d struggle to recruit staff to teach, techs to maintain buildings and stock required if they had to work permanently on late shifts.
Eq0@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
However, there are universities (of applied sciences) offering programs for employed people, where the courses subsequently are in the evening.
SolarTapestryofNoise@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pretty much this. Most universities have a second and third shift but it’s usually reserved for janitorial departments and a skeleton crew maintenance. I used to be a night shift plumber for a university and we only had 3 plumbers and 3 electricians on site for the entire D1 state school campus. Most places opt for on call late at night. Really the infrastructure isn’t there for full tilt 24 hr educational support, much less maintenance and support staff.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I work in an academic library and we’re always worrying about evening and weekend coverage.
dragnucs@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
But the thing schools are trying to produce, educated young people, don’t fit in to the schedule. Most of them cannot wake up early.
protist@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Uhhh…the average new college student is fresh off of going to school before 9am for the previous 13 years
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Universities are a stepping stone to teach students how to be independent adults so getting them used to normal working hours gently is a good thing. Most courses aren’t a solid 9-5 so there’s plenty of opportunity for a lay in at least some days (depending on the course)
Universities are also research institutions and that all runs on normal working hours, the lecturers are often researchers first and teaching staff second so fitting classes around the research makes sense.
LongLive@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Public transportation is catered and optimized for those working regular hours.
SARGE@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Apologies, but as someone who has never worked in an office, “regular hours” is a meaningless phrase.