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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
But the RE syllabus will change to include other main religions and philosophical traditions, Paul Givan added.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
“So when the syllabus assigned pages fifty through eighty-five, you didn’t think you had to read anything?”
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
Students hesitate before volunteering their opinions in class, while faculty appear more cautious, even including disclaimers in their syllabi.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 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
Professors are fearful, editing their syllabi and watching their speech, as they navigate the boundaries of compliance, Smith said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
I still have the syllabi from all my classes, and David’s been bringing me assignments.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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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
Since then, some high school teachers have also included the book in their syllabuses.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
And the book is now being added to syllabuses: One high-school teacher, says Garmus, is making her students read “Lessons in Chemistry” for a class on the American dream.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Time-tables, schemes of work, syllabuses, record books, progress books, examination result books, and the rest,—hours and hours are spent by the teachers on the clerical work which these mechanical contrivances demand.
From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Edmond Holmes
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