UNC system president orders all class syllabuses to be published as public records

[Icky Mettle]

I have a syllabus from a world civ class at Carolina, 1978. It is one page, front and back.

Today a syllabus will run 10 to 12 pages.

To be fair, that was a long time ago. Much less world civilization to learn about way back then.

 

[Bobfripp]

Because it isn't aimed at transparency at all. It is aimed at making those who instruct courses the target of online warriors who will never step foot on campus at UNC.

Gotta make sure there's enough Jesus in those syllabi!

 

[1moretimeagain]

No big deal...

All the profs need to do is not print words like DEI, LGBTQ, anti-racism, democracy, voting rights, slavery, Jim Crow, or other words the Heritage Foundation finds offensive in their syllabus , and they probably won't have to be overly worried about death threats to them or their family.

Major loophole. This is why the transparency films from the overhead projector also need to be public records.

 

[mpaer]

I swear in my day if you asked for a syllabus the loud white male professor might just bellow out...
I lecture, you take notes , there is your custom made syllabus young fella

 

[heelinhell]

Major loophole. This is why the transparency films from the overhead projector also need to be public records.

That could be a positive. If every lecture is filmed and made available to the public, then people could get a free UNC education without enrolling or attending classes.

Yale has had open courses on line where you feel like you are actually sitting in the classroom in real time . I have enjoyed several Yale courses over the years. And the best thing there was no homework or exams to worry about and I could day drink. I could even pause the prof when I needed to to take a piss.

WINNING !

Courses | Open Yale Courses

oyc.yale.edu

 

[donbosco]

Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship

Banned words list 2025: The federal government is banning a growing number of words to comply with executive orders from President Trump.

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[sringwal]

That could be a positive. If every lecture is filmed and made available to the public, then people could get a free UNC education without enrolling or attending classes.

Yale has had open courses on line where you feel like you are actually sitting in the classroom in real time . I have enjoyed several Yale courses over the years. And the best thing there was no homework or exams to worry about and I could day drink. I could even pause the prof when I needed to to take a piss.

WINNING !

Courses | Open Yale Courses

oyc.yale.edu

I need to get back into those.

 

[heelinhell]

I need to get back into those.

This was my favorite

I confess that I shed a tear when the course ended

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature | Open Yale Courses

oyc.yale.edu

 

[superrific]

This will change the nature of the syllabus I foresee.

It will. If I had to labor under this law, my syllabus would be a paragraph long. Assignments would be listed as "assigned at the end of each class based on the class discussion"

 

[donbosco]

Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship

Banned words list 2025: The federal government is banning a growing number of words to comply with executive orders from President Trump.

pen.org

"Our list is most assuredly incomplete. The New York Times published a list of words flagged by federal agencies to ban, limit, or avoid. Additional terms were reported by Politico, Reuters, The Washington Post, Propublica, Science, Gizmodo, 404 Media, Popular Information, Politico’s E&E News and the nonprofit news outlet More Perfect Union. These have been aggregated into a single list, below, which also reflects guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, NASA, the National Cancer Institute, the National Security Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the White House itself."