I wonder if other instructors experience the same syllabus apathy that I see from my students. Unless they are forced to read it (some of our quizzes are about syllabus content because we found that was the only way to get the students to read it and show they located imprtant information like office hours, drop dates etc.) the students completely ignore the syllabus and want to get into the course content. Lets be honest here, the syllabus is more of a CYA document for the instructor and the institution than it is anything else.
