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Education

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:05:11 UT

Lesley Andres is a professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the intersecting domains of participation in post-secondary education, equality of educational opportunity, and the relationship between institutional structures and individuals.

Microbiology & Immunology

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:54:21 UT

Dr. Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas, is a professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Medicine and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Immunobiology at The University of Western Ontario, and a scientist based at the Robarts Research Institute.

Education

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:48:15 UT

Dan Laitsch is an assistant professor with the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and Director of the SFU Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy.

Communication

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:10:39 UT

Heather Morrison is a PhD Student at the Simon Fraser University School of Communication, specializing in transformative change in scholarly communication, especially open access.

Languages

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:25 UT

Daniel Ferreras is an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at West Virginia University. He specializes in Spanish and French modern literature, popular and marginal narrative genres, and literary theory.

NEW! Create Change Bookmarks

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:34:54 UT

The first Create Change bookmarks, launched in June 2008, highlight comments from four researchers. Comments are drawn from full-length interviews published on the Create Change Web site…

Free Online College Courses Are Proliferating

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:42:46 UT

Mar. 28, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) – In the past few years, educational material, from handwritten lecture notes to whole courses, has been made available online, free for anyone who wants it.

Information Liberation

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:39:09 UT

Mar. 7, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) – If your child has a life-threatening disease and you're desperate to read the latest research, you'll be dismayed to learn that you can't – at least not without hugely expensive subscriptions to a bevy of specialized journals or access to a major research library.

Music Therapy & Indigenous Studies

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:29:12 UT

Carolyn Kenny is a professor of human development and indigenous studies at Antioch University in Santa Barbara, California and also is a board certified music therapist.

NIH Sets Deposit Date for Public Access Policy, but Copyright Battle Still Brews

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:28:35 UT

January 22, 2008 (Library Journal) - In a landmark post, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published on its web site the first ever public access policy for a major government agency and a lengthy FAQ explaining the policy and how to comply. According to the site, the policy will take effect on April 7, when "all articles arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication."

American Economic Association Plans 4 New Journals

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:12:12 UT

Jan. 25, 2008 (Chronicle of Higher Education) - In a move that might alter the pecking order in social-science publishing, the American Economic Association plans to introduce four new quarterly journals in early 2009, more than doubling its in-house publishing program.

Cancer Data? Sorry, Can¹t Have It

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:01:46 UT

Jan. 22, 2008 (New York Times) Not long ago, I asked a respected cancer researcher if he could send me raw data from a trial he had recently published. He refused. Sharing data would make the study team members ³uncomfortable,² he said, as I might use this to ³cast doubt² on their results.

Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded Research

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:57:07 UT

Dec. 21, 2007 (Washington Post) It is barely a drop of ink in the gargantuan omnibus spending bill that Congress just passed. But a provision that would give the public free access to the results of federally funded biomedical research represents a sweet victory for a coalition of researchers and activists.

History

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:16:04 UT

Roy Rosenzweig was professor of history and new media at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where he founded and directed of the Center for History and New Media.

Microbiology

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:50:23 UT

Dr. Ward, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Vermont, received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego.