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Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the step-in-the-up-direction dept.

Vooch writes "Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences adopted a policy this evening that requires faculty members to allow the university to make their scholarly articles available free online." I may not be smart enough to go to college, but at least I can pretend to have a Harvard eduction. I don't think that will be enough to get a gig as a Simpsons writer.

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  1. Eduction? by timelorde · · Score: 5, Interesting


    ... but at least I can pretend to have a Harvard eduction.

    I was all set to make a snide comment about the esteemed Mr. Taco's spelling and/or typing abilities, perhaps combined with a Billy Gates Harvard dropout reference, but then I Googled "eduction":

    Eduction

    *Sigh* I am NOT smarter than a fifth grader.

  2. Re:Faculty members can publish in any journal that by immcintosh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You call it Harvard arrogance, I call it a noble effort. They have a strong hand, and I think they have every ethical right to attempt to enforce a more open atmosphere of knowledge in the face of academic journals which seem to be working contrary to that end.

    Whether anything comes with it is another matter, but I'm glad they're trying.