diff --git a/application/views/request/credit_hours.xhtml b/application/views/request/credit_hours.xhtml
index d7720934e9c7bc14f7a1f449de070029df076cad..b247a2f1f28a041b63bd501e52382d3fc5faecd4 100644
--- a/application/views/request/credit_hours.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/request/credit_hours.xhtml
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@
 <fieldset>
     <label>
         <h2>Prerequisites (text)</h2>
-        <textarea name="prerequisite" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->course->prerequisite); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea name="prerequisite" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->course->prerequisite; ?></textarea>
     </label>
 </fieldset>
diff --git a/application/views/request/fullEdit.xhtml b/application/views/request/fullEdit.xhtml
index d65bb4b8597ce18b12e3cd0cd721e901b161b7a6..eae6d2b02417d550ff7b0d3958e3237d4078d213 100644
--- a/application/views/request/fullEdit.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/request/fullEdit.xhtml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 
     <h3>Prerequisite</h3>
     <fieldset>
-        <textarea id="prerequisite" name="prerequisite" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->prerequisite, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea id="prerequisite" name="prerequisite" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->course->prerequisite; ?></textarea>
     </fieldset>
 
 
@@ -515,13 +515,13 @@
 
     <h3>Notes</h3>
     <fieldset>
-        <textarea id="notes" name="notes" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->notes, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea id="notes" name="notes" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->course->notes; ?></textarea>
     </fieldset>
 
 
     <h3>Description</h3>
     <fieldset>
-        <textarea id="description" name="description" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->description, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea id="description" name="description" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->course->description; ?></textarea>
     </fieldset>
 
 
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
     <fieldset>
         <label>
             <h3 class="required">Justification</h3>
-            <textarea name="request[justification]" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->request->justification); ?></textarea>
+            <textarea name="request[justification]" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->request->justification; ?></textarea>
         </label>
     </fieldset>
 
diff --git a/application/views/request/notes_description.xhtml b/application/views/request/notes_description.xhtml
index 99eedb0e12c98a9989a19975e9279fa82a998ef0..f5edbb1b0ead4c0e483ba0346d3a378fccd6670b 100644
--- a/application/views/request/notes_description.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/request/notes_description.xhtml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
     </label>
     <label>
         <h2>Description</h2>
-        <textarea name="description" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->course->description); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea name="description" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->course->description; ?></textarea>
     </label>
 </fieldset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/views/request/supportive_material.xhtml b/application/views/request/supportive_material.xhtml
index 3babe37a02ee90625ee60bbae82aa11f311996be..496f86a4229c2f243f973293604659d1ba0f07db 100644
--- a/application/views/request/supportive_material.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/request/supportive_material.xhtml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <fieldset>
     <label>
         <h2>Justification</h2>
-        <textarea name="request[justification]" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->request->justification); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea name="request[justification]" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->request->justification; ?></textarea>
     </label>
 </fieldset>