Should We Rethink the College Syllabus?

FILE - Graduates walk into High Point Solutions Stadium before the start of the Rutgers University graduation ceremony in Piscataway Township, NJ, May 13, 2018.

Syllabi used to be an intellectual map, showing students what they could expect to learn. But academic and video game designer Ian Bogost argues that syllabi have become boring, rote and describe college policies and regulations instead of academic material. Read his argument in The Atlantic. (August 2023)