A pending lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin System may determine whether professors must disclose their course syllabi under the state?s Open Records Law or whether the material is exempt under copyright law. The National Council on Teacher Quality sued the UW System earlier this year for refusing to hand over syllabi for UW?s schools of education.
Quoted: Sara Goldrick-Rab, an associate professor in the School of Education, and Donald Downs, professor of political science and an expert on academic freedom.