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syllabus

[sil-uh-buhs] / ˈsɪl ə bəs /


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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

I assumed teams would stay intact because the syllabus said “team.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

“Your syllabus plainly states that passing notes or doing any work other than class work is done at your own risk.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Of course none of these plays are routinely read in high school or even college, but their absence from syllabi can be a virtue for audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

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

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 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

We must have more courage in going beyond the syllabuses that are drawn up by universities and ecclesiastical societies.

From Cambridge Essays on Education by Various




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