See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/students-experiences-with-the-syllabus/.

What if most syllabus “best practices” are built on limited evidence or studies with inauthentic contexts for how students experience these course documents? This episode features on open-access article that explores what students tell us about the syllabi they’re actually encountering in their courses. Read the full article:

Pliego, Diego, and Abby Kaplan. 2025. “Community College Students’ Experiences with the Syllabus: A Qualitative Study.” International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 19 (2): Article 10.
https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2025.190210

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric.

60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University (https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/) .

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee (https://www.audiocoffee.net/) .

Image in episode art is by DC Studio on Freepik.