President Obama has nominated Martha Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in Santa Clara County, as undersecretary of education.
If confirmed, Kanter would oversee the nation's postsecondary education policy, as well as federal student aid, adult education and vocational education. ...
She would also like to see colleges share noncopyrighted books and course materials on the Internet, similar to the "community college open textbook project" signed into California law last September. ...
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
