In recognition of its responsibility to make its research and scholarship as widely and publicly available as possible, the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Education is determined to take advantage of new technologies to increase access to its work among scholars worldwide, educators, policymakers, and the public. In support of greater openness in scholarly and educational endeavors, the faculty of the Graduate School of Education agree to the following policy:
Faculty members grant to the Stanford University permission to make publicly available their scholarly articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles. They grant to Stanford University a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to their scholarly articles, in any medium, and to authorize others to do the same, provided that the articles are properly attributed to the authors not sold for a profit. The policy will apply to all scholarly articles authored or co-authored while a faculty member of the Graduate School of Education, beginning with articles for which the publisher’s copyright agreement has yet to be signed. The Dean or the Dean’s designate will waive application of the policy upon written request from faculty who wish to publish an article with a publisher who will not agree to the terms of this policy (which will be presented to the publishers in the form of an addendum to the copyright agreement).
No later than the date of publication, faculty members will provide an electronic copy of the final version of the article at no charge to the appropriate representative of the Dean of Education’s Office, who will make the article available to the public in an open-access repository operated by Stanford University.
The Office of the Dean will be responsible for interpreting this policy, resolving disputes concerning its interpretation and application, and recommending policy changes to the Graduate School of Education from time to time. The policy will be reviewed after three years and a report presented on the policy to the Graduate School of Education.