Contract
Slattery & Carlson (2005) describe the syllabus as a "contract between faculty members and their students, designed to answer student's questions about a course, as well as inform them about what will happen should they fail to meet course expectations" (p. 163). Habanek stresses the importance of the syllabus as a "vehicle for expressing accountability and commitment" (2005, p. 63). Wasley states that "the notion of a syllabus as a contract has grown ever more literal", but also notes that "a course syllabus is unlikely to stand as an enforceable contract", according to Jonathan R. Alger, general counsel at Rutgers University (2008).
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