[FC-discuss] Free Thesis Project Released Today

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Worst offenders, aka "Schools Most In Need of a FC.O Chapter".

Thomas (TJ) Olsen wrote:
> the eco-activism front has had great sucfcess with a similar tactic putting together lists of  most /least eco friendly campuses i deffinately like the idea
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>   From: Fred Benenson 
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>   Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 9:41 PM
>   Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Free Thesis Project Released Today
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>   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. 
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>   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. 
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>   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.
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>     Gavin
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>     Asheesh Laroia wrote:
>     > On Fri, 4 May 2007, Fred Benenson wrote:
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>     >> Maybe we could come up with a "worst offenders" hitlist as an org? 
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>     > 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.
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>     > 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.).
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>     > -- Asheesh.
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