[FC-discuss] Free Thesis Project Released Today

[Fred Benenson]

Yeah. I agree, we figure out the criteria that FreeCulture.org can judge a
university on and set up a matrix. It'd be great to have it and launch it
for the fall when Seniors are applying to schools. I think we could get some
good mileage out of that.

So, Copyright Policy / Ownership of Student Work, Internet Connectivity /
Filtering, Open Access @ Library, what else can we throw in? We should try
and pick the most popular/high profile places rather than trying an
exhaustive list. But we would obviously leave it open for people to add
their w/ links, etc.


F

On 5/5/07, Gavin Baker <grbaker at ufl.edu> wrote:
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> Right on, on both counts.
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> It might be impractical to gather information on every college and
> university in the U.S., especially given that I don't know of any
> mandatory or standardized disclosure practice. But it would be a lot
> easier to make a short list of some of the worst ones. This seems very
> well suited to our role as a student organization, and could be a good
> way to kickstart discussions at those campuses.
>
> Gavin
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> Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 May 2007, Fred Benenson wrote:
> >
> >> Maybe we could come up with a "worst offenders" hitlist as an org?
> >
> > I think that would be great.  I'd love to see any sort of informative
> list
> > comparing universities and the extent to which they restrict students'
> use
> > of their work; our wiki seems an appropriate place to draw up such a
> > table.
> >
> > In fact, now that I think about it, I'd also be interested in a similar
> > "comparison shoppers' guide" for Internet access (how
> filtered/restricted
> > it is) at different higher education institutions.  Later on I may start
> > that (after finals etc.).
> >
> > -- Asheesh.
> >
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