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A letter to the dean: the early publication of syllabi 
 
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Last year, the Student Academic Affairs Committee set some goals for itself. Oneof those was to try and make course syllabi accessible to students prior to registration. Asstudents ourselves, we know how valuable any additional information about courses canbe when making registration decisions.We weren¶t as successful as we hoped we would be, but a few months ago, thefederal government helped us out a bit. They passed the ³Higher Education OpportunityAct
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´ which requires universities to list the textbooks a given course will require on their course registration website. Unfortunately, the law does not require that other informationstudents consider crucial, like lecture style, grading rubric, or course objectives, besimilarly listed. Additionally, upon scanning the course schedule site before registration,we found that many professors had not complied even with the minimum federalrequirement.In an effort to address this issue, the Student Academic Affairs Committee pennedthis letter to Dean Eichler, outlining the difficulty students face, and requesting his aid insolving the problem:
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Dear Dean Eichler,
 
As the new semester rapidly approaches, students will shortly begin the lengthy,winding, and often stressful process of registering for their classes. We understand thatmany of the issues we will face, like getting locked out of a class, are simply par for thecourse. However, we know that you, and the rest of the administration and faculty of Yeshiva University are constantly aiming to make the registration experience as student
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