Hawaii Legislators Abandon Plan for Faculty Mandate on OER

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-02-27

Summary:

"Legislators rewrite bill that originally required use of freely accessible educational materials, amid criticism that legislation would have infringed academic freedom and harmed, not helped, the open-access movement."

Link:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/27/oer-mandate-overturned-hawaii-amid-concern-about-infringement-academic-freedom

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks
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Tags:

oa.new oa.oer oa.usa.hi oa.usa oa.legislation oa.government oa.mandates oa.universities oa.advocacy oa.negative oa.academic_freedom oa.hei oa.policies

Date tagged:

02/27/2018, 10:37

Date published:

02/27/2018, 11:43