Harvard Opts In to ‘Opt Out’ Plan

by E Wayne Ross on February 13, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Harvard Opts In to ‘Opt Out’ Plan

Harvard University’s arts and sciences faculty approved a plan on Tuesday that will post finished academic papers online free, unless scholars specifically decide to opt out of the open-access program. While other institutions have similar repositories for their faculty’s work, Harvard’s is unique for making online publication the default option.