Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The weekend conference at Harvard was the first such to take place between academic leaders from the U.S. and China. Vogel predicted that future meetings between academic heads from the two countries would probably be smaller and focus on single, specific issues facing their schools.
Versity.com claims that the site is providing an important service that will enhance the study habits of students at Harvard and beyond, professors nationwide who find their lectures summarized online say that the service not only provides inaccurate information but represents a copyright infringement on their intellectual property. Versity.com makes...
The Harvard student handbook states that "Students who sell lecture or reading notes, papers, or translations or who are employed by a tutoring school or term paper company [...] may be required to withdraw." This regulation is intended to protect both professors and students: professors' work cannot be represented (or misrepresented...
In fact, if a student out of the goodness of her heart wanted to share all her own notes and papers on a Web site, without collecting advertising dollars or being part of any other commercial venture, this too should be seen as a valid contribution to the academic community...
The University is right to stress the intellectual property rights of its professors and protect our academic community by prohibiting the sale of academic information to Web sites like Versity.com. When properly understood, these restrictions will help strengthen the bonds between students and professors and among fellow students. They will...