Benchmarks in American Higher Education: Selected Approaches for Distance Education Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies

An evaluation of American higher education distance education programs was conducted to explore how they approach intellectual property, copyright and information sharing/antitrust policy concerns for Internet-based programs. An evaluation of the current status of distance education and Internet-based training in higher education was conducted through a pilot study that included a random sample of 223 accredited institutions. Seventy-seven institutions responded to a survey, of which there were 14 Research I&II, 17 Doctorate I&II, and 46 Master's I&II institutions included in this study. A review of institutional policy approaches for these 77 institutions was conducted via Internet Web site and bulletin review. A multiple-case study was also conducted which included 10 of the top 30 accredited distance education institutions in America. Policy approaches were examined for all institutions and differences were discussed for public and private institutions as well as the following Carnegie Class institutions- Research I&II, Doctorate I&II and Master's I&II. Ten percent of all institutions that responded to the pilot study developed a written policy addressing antitrust/information-sharing concerns. Additionally, the data indicated that 22% of institutions in these Carnegie Class ranges published copyright and intellectual property policy on their institutions' Internet Web site. Ninety percent of the institutions in the case study advised of central control for the distance education program, as well as central control for copyright and intellectual property policy.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

1999

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Kenneth D.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Eddy, John Paul
• Dixon, Paul
• Richards, Thomas

• Distance education -- United States.
• Copyright and distance education -- United States.
• Intellectual property -- United States.
• Education, Higher -- United States -- Computer-assisted instruction.
• Internet in education -- United States.
• distance education
• intellectual property
• copyright
• information sharing

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Smith, Kenneth D.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

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untcat: b2299816
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