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In 2015, with jamming and cyberattacks no longer hypothetical, the Navy put the subject back on the syllabus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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 her thorough coursework and off-the-beaten-path syllabus of films opened my eyes to countless new ideas and perspectives.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 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
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So after faculty were urged to add land acknowledgments to their syllabi, Mr. Reges had a subversive idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
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
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
Reges then wrote to an Allen School listserv saying he would continue putting his parody land acknowledgment in syllabi.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
Only a dozen or so students are there, fumbling with notebooks and syllabi.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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Campus syllabuses have been pared down to accommodate this generational change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
After, the dream: bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize finalist, his book on syllabuses across the country, invited to speak at literary events worldwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Professors often tweak their syllabuses each semester, but this year, the flood of precedent-busting decisions has forced many to reconstruct theirs from the ground up.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2022
Very closely allied with this, is the great advantage of freedom in the preparation of syllabuses, in the choice of subject matter and the manner of teaching it.
From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley
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