University of Connecticut administrators are planning to make the school’s entire staff aware in advance that the first day of classes falls on Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 20) so that problems arising from Jewish student absences that day can be easily resolved. The decision to soften the effect of the conflict on the Jewish student body was made after a number of Jewish leaders from various parts of the state were joined by Governor Thomas J. Meskill in protesting the long-scheduled opening date of classes.
Meanwhile, a statement in the University of Minnesota official Daily Bulletin alerts administrators and faculty members to respect the absence of Jewish students on Yom Kippur (Sept. 29), which may be the first day of classes for many of that school’s Jewish students. Jewish students at the University of Minnesota who will not be in class on that day are being encouraged to inform their instructors and department heads in advance of their forthcoming absence.
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