Response to “Publishers Criticize Federal Investment in Open Educational Resources”

"On Tuesday, the Chronicle of Higher Education posted the article, “Publishers Criticize Federal Investment in Open Educational Resources.” We [at CC] strongly support the U.S. Department of Labor including a CC BY requirement in their recent TAACCCT grant which makes available $2 billion to create open educational resources (OER) for career training programs in community colleges. As we announced earlier, Creative Commons will actively assist the winning grantees by providing expertise in open licensing, adoption and use, and more, to help ensure that the OER created with these federal funds are of the highest quality. Having just joined Creative Commons this week as its new Director of Global Learning, I [Cable Green] look forward to leading these efforts and also to help clarify Creative Commons’ role in the education space...."