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syllabus

[sil-uh-buhs] / ˈsɪl ə bəs /


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The 16-person seminar will examine the “complexity and the inevitable conflict and contestation that result” from colleges’ multipronged missions, shaped by stakeholders with many needs and interests, the syllabus said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I revised the syllabus to accommodate the expanding model.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

At universities, the ban has restricted access to online research and course materials, with one Herat student saying he had used his phone to help with about half the syllabus.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

But the syllabus today is at a tipping point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The government's November 1954 draft syllabus was a retreat from the original notion of modeling the school system on tribal foundations.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The evidence comes from Daniel Buck of the American Enterprise Institute, who examined syllabi for programs at eight public graduate schools of education across five states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

While most of his peers were still swapping syllabi and feeling out new professors, Mahdawi had started his day not in a classroom, but in immigration court—virtually, on Webex.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2025

Administrative representatives at the university’s main campus in Anza and a branch campus in Mill Valley, Calif., did not have documents readily available related to student and faculty rosters and class syllabi, officers said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

I was an English major back then and read so much Shakespeare, and you can look at syllabi now and see students still do.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024

I was ready to taste the dining-hall food, memorize the campus map, and conquer whatever syllabi they wanted to throw my way.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The story won the Paris Review’s 2013 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and has appeared on syllabuses at other universities.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

The notion is expressed in the survey results, which found wide variation in how faculty members mention AI use in syllabuses or whether they encourage or discourage AI in classes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

By the spring of 2021, the College Board had hired a young scholar to direct the course’s development and began collecting college syllabuses.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

Discussion of new class schedules and syllabuses, and the excitement of students learning their friends were in the same course, filled the plaza between the Student Union Building and campus library Wednesday morning.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

Inquiry was made in several schools where natural science was taught according to the syllabuses of the Board of Education.

From The Education of Catholic Girls by Janet Erskine Stuart




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