[FC-discuss] [FC-Discuss] Universities and free content

[Fred Benenson]

Indeed, but couching it with enough context is what makes an even bigger
splash.

It's also a matter of timing on our side -- we have a lot of events this
semester so we have to use our time wisely together.

We'll probably be picking universities in the next week or two ...


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On 10/1/07, Conor Schaefer <conor.schaefer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  What do you mean by "right when students have to make a decision about
> where they're going to attend university"? Couldn't you just publish it at
> any time? If I recall correctly, this is college application writing season,
> but school courting is an ongoing process that can take up most of high
> school for some people.
>
> I think such a list would make a nice splash almost regardless of timing.
> I say get it out there whenever it's ready.
>
> Fred Benenson wrote:
>
> Free Culture @ NYU is working on a "hit list" this year.
>
> So far we have USC and UH at the top of the list, but it's going to take a
> bit of research to find it out about other universities out there. We're
> planning on publishing it right when High School seniors have to make a
> decision about where they're going to attend university.
>
> We're probably going to do a call for comments / public question thing and
> hopefully get people to respond via digg / slashdot / bb.
>
>
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>
>
> On 10/1/07, Asheesh Laroia <freeculture at asheesh.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Timothy Cowlishaw wrote:
> >
> > > However, I really can't say whether this is a common policy in HE in
> > the
> > > UK, and it would definately be worth investigating. Am very keen to
> > help
> > > with any projects doing work in this field, so please do keep me
> > > updated, and let me know if i can do anything to help!
> >
> > It would be great if someone would start systematically finding out if
> > universities restrict their students' access to their own work and
> > documenting the results on e.g. wiki.freeculture.org so others can
> > contribute to the search.
> >
> > I think I've before wondered about having an archive of schools with
> > particularly freedom-effacing IT policies.  Both would surely be useful!
> >
> >
> > -- Asheesh.
> >
> > --
> > Atlanta makes it against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole
> > or street lamp.
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