Health Professions Faculty Pass Open Access Resolution

"The Pacific University College of Health Professions faculty voted nearly unanimously on February 16 in support of a resolution (.pdf) that encourages them to make their scholarly work freely available online. The non-binding resolution is patterned after a resolution adopted by the University of Washington Faculty Senate and is one of the first passed specifically by a school or college of health professions in the United States. In the past five years, both open access mandates (which require faculty to share their published work freely) and open access resolutions such as this one have become more common at academic institutions across the country, from Harvard to University of Kansas to Oberlin College...."