Nearly 600 Georgetown University students and faculty have signed a petition as of Feb. 2 against a schedule change slated to shorten winter break by one week beginning in the 2024-25 academic year.

Winter break is too long. At 37 days, winter break is shorter than summer, but longer than other vacations like spring break — a sort of vacation purgatory. The result is an awkward interruption ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The holiday season is here, giving students the time to decompress from the day-to-day stress of school with a winter vacation.

As spring break approaches, Georgetown University students have the option to remain on campus, return home or travel. Students living on campus do not have this choice over winter break, however, ...