The four-day school week is a concept that has been utilized in rural schools for decades to respond to budgetary shortfalls. There has been little peer-reviewed research on the four-day school week that has focused on the perception of staff that work in school districts that have recently switched to the four-day model. This study collects data…

Many employers have enacted "family-friendly benefits" in response to demands placed on their employees by the stress of caring for children or aging parents. The Employer Dependent Care Survey measured the prevalence of flexible work arrangements and child care and elder care benefits in Texas. Participating were 1,331 out of 6,500…

This document describes a study of term length and student success at Santa Monica College in California. Based on past feedback and enrollment data, the college had determined that the compressed sessions (6week, 8week) offered at the college, in addition to the regular 16-week semester, were popular with both students and faculty. This study…