Free Speech Under Attack
Without vouching either for the credibility of the book nor the fairness of the coverage in this article, it is nonetheless important to note the use of copyright restrictions by Scientific American to stifle criticism of its review of Björn Lomborg's book "The Skeptical Environmentalist". More...
Free Curricula License
A draft version of the proposed Free Curricula License (FCL) has been released and comments are invited. The FCL would be used by educational content providers to ensure that their works remain "open," in the sense that it can be modified, and "free," in the sense of freedom. More...
Harvard Scientists' Efforts for Free Online Journal Access Make Little Ground
The thrust of this article is that an open access academic journal poject promoted by three Harvard scientists has "stagnated" and that the free online journal has not yet reached the status of, say, Nature or Cell. While well established researchers can take the risk of publishing in a relatively unknown online journal, academics seeking tenure or ambitious gradutae students face the need to publish in an established journal. More...
By Grace Karram Stephenson. After almost two years of controversy, Canadian universities are still simmering in the debate between free speech and inclusivity. Is academic freedom a platform to share any controversial ideas that come to light or must professors cushion their opinions to make class a safer place for diverse students. More...From free to fee: How U.S. dailies decide to use paywalls
Natalie Jomini Stroud, American Press Institute, 2015/01/30
Interesting report that observes that few newspapers use research of any sort (beyond asking each other whether it's a good idea) before implementing paywalls (it's a summary of a recent paper that is not available online (I searched)). More...
Eleven members of the Adult Learning Documentation and Information Network (ALADIN) have been granted free one-year online subscription to the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) starting January 2018. More...
Task Force on Academic Freedom
Ronald J. Daniels, Robert C. Lieberman, Johns Hopkins University, 2015/04/08
Johns Hopkins University last year convened a task force on academic freedom. As reported by Inside Higher Ed, "the administration is seeking feedback on the task force’s final product." It's a short document, for some reason released only as a PDF image (to prevent it from being edited? Puh-leeese). More...
The free online courses that are putting college in reach
Nicole Freeling, University of California, 2018/03/08
Back in the days when people were debating whether online learning was as good as in-person learning I would make the argument that for many people the choice wasn't "online versus in-person", it was "online versus nothing". And for many people, as this article makes clear, that's still the choice. More...
Over the last few years, many campuses have become embroiled in free speech controversies. From cancelled speakers to physical fights, it seems that no post-secondary institution is safe from this new phase of the culture wars. More...
In Japan, one of the few countries with higher fees and less government investment in higher education than Australia, the Government has announced a US$7.2billion package which will enable students from certain low-income households to be eligible for free education at national universities and reduced tuition costs at private universities, two-year colleges and vocational schools from 2020. More...
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