FERPA (Academic Privacy) Question

NJSue
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:15:33 +0000

I will stick by my claim that every professor should have a syllabus. The syllabus must be in writing and it must be distributed to students either in hard copy or electronically (or posted on a website). It may be altered according to class needs, but in order for a course to approved for the catalogue, a syllabus must exist. I have taught at several institutions and I have never heard of a professor not having a syllabus. It is a basic requirement of the job, adjunct or no. I have been an adjunct, I have hired adjuncts, and at every institution I have ever worked at in any capacity, the instructor must submit a syllabus during the first week of the term to the department chair.