Policy

Expectations for higher education are on the rise, while the allocation tax dollars for higher education is on the decline. Colleges are continually being asked and more often forced by unfunded mandates to do more with less. In a time of crisis and cuts, colleges rely on creativity, ingenuity, and new technologies to help them raise the bar on a shoestring.

The Syllabus Institute outlines the types of state and federal legislation that have had an impact on higher education and or specifically on course syllabi. As it relates to department assessment and specialized accreditation, schools can seek solutions can use the syllabus to ensure that all institution, school, and department policies are always present and up-to-date on syllabus across your institution. Student services and disability statement can easily be included in a syllabus template and pushed out to your faculty to build their syllabus around.

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