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Reimagining Syllabus Day 

One of the most important days of the semester is the first day of class. Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day”

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Syllabi: Best Practices or Just Best Guesses?

Syllabi are a frequent subject of education research. Over the last decade, researchers have measured and assessed student responses to syllabus tone, voice, length, design,

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The Straight Scoop Syllabus

There is no shortage of professorial eye rolling when it comes to the subject of students and syllabi. Students might read the syllabus, but they typically

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Revisiting the Syllabus

The syllabus—most of us use them, many of our students don’t read them.  We wondered if this venerable artifact of teaching might merit a revisit. 

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