days in the Fall semesters are being scheduled two days before Thanksgiving holidays to extend the holiday weekend like a spring break. However, this break is followed by the last week of classes and final examination week. Duration In many cases, student governments have lobbied to introduce, extend, or preserve reading days as a day exclusively for study and have run into conflict with teachers who like to use it as an additional day for lectures or exams. Another issue is that some students may prefer to take exams on reading day in order to get the semester over with. See also Dead week Schoolies week, vacation week following exams Study skills References External links Reading day policy out of touch with students, The Daily Campus, 11 November 2015 OPINION: Reading day: Wrong place, wrong time, Technician, Charlie Melville, Correspondent 27 Apr 2017 Editorial: UConn must have early weekday reading days, The Daily Campus, 27 April 2017 Therapy dogs, chocolate, Play-Doh: Universities offer ways to cope with finals, The College Fix, Jeremy Beaman, 8 May 2017 Academic culture Educational time organization Reading Week Student culture in the United States