A legal analysis and contrarian view of the syllabus-as-contract perspective created by Kent D. Kauffman

By:

Kauffman, Kent D [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Journal on excellence in college teaching ; Volume 26 , number 2,Canada: Miami University, 2015Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISSN:

1052-4800

Subject(s):

Course descriptions -- Legal problems -- Contracts

LOC classification:

LB1778 JOU

Abstract: Despite the claim made in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature for over two decades that a syllabus is a contract, the courts have uniformly ruled that it is not. While there is no harm in thinking one's syllabus is a contract, there may be legal risk in proclaiming it so. The author provides an analysis of the syllabus-as-contract dilemma as well as a review of the legal precedents. Best practices from contract drafting are applied to syllabus creation to enhance teaching and learning and minimize the legal risks of student grievances.

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Despite the claim made in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature for over two decades that a syllabus is a contract, the courts have uniformly ruled that it is not. While there is no harm in thinking one's syllabus is a contract, there may be legal risk in proclaiming it so. The author provides an analysis of the syllabus-as-contract dilemma as well as a review of the legal precedents. Best practices from contract drafting are applied to syllabus creation to enhance teaching and learning and minimize the legal risks of student grievances.

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