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Maurice Meilleur · 7w
In some courses students would find this information interesting and helpful. But in many, probably across campus many more cases than not they couldn’t properly evaluate the topics and materials—...
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Third: with the obvious exceptions of people who happen themselves to be educated in the relevant fields, publics—and legislators and state officials and political operatives and journalists and political commentators—are *even less qualified and able than students* to evaluate these materials.

And finally:

Students register for courses months in advance.

The Iowa Board of Regents syllabus template is due complete on the first day of classes.

The university’s template is due on the fifth day of classes.
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Maurice Meilleur · 7w
By the way: It wasn’t a good idea for instructor/location info to be public anyway. That system could have been restricted to users with campus emails, for example. I can imagine and I’ve heard stories of how this information gets abused. But think about why it’s only now the school is pulling...
Simon Cozens · 7w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqe0qzpa98378vpe9nkfpkyd9wx7frss3k25f9xsekvs65vap6pzkqlvrpac And professors set reading for their students for different reasons: sometimes to inform, sometimes to critique. You can't tell which is which from a book list. A random reading a syllab...