Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA
4-year | Public
Enrollment: 80,000+

Academic years of attempt: 2020-21, 2024-25

Classification: ongoing student-led cancellation effort

Academic calendar

2020-21

Student newspaper: UPUA Recommends Making Election Day University-Wide Holiday

Zachary McKay, Student Council President, signed onto a fall 2020 letter calling for the suspension of classes on Election Day. Yale campus leaders and a coalition of student body presidents drafted the letter, which argued class cancellation was necessary “to ensure that all members of our community—including students, faculty, and employees—are prioritizing efforts to empower our fellow Americans to vote.”

2024-25

Faculty Senate policy calling for “remote asynchronous instruction on a November election day.”

Local media: Many Penn State professors are holding classes on Election Day despite new Faculty Senate policy