AUCC/Access Copyright Model License Agreement — paying for more restraints

posted on May 17th, 2012

by Laura Syms — Mid-April, Access Copyright and the AUCC announced a negotiated model three-year copyright license for both print and digital formats. Universities that sign on will now pay Access Copyright a royalty of $26.00 per fte student annually. This royalty, up from $3.75 per fte in the previous agreement , now includes what . . . → Read More: AUCC/Access Copyright Model License Agreement — paying for more restraints

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Ethical Investing at CBU

posted on May 26th, 2011

By Doug Lionais

Over the past couple of years there have been a number of expressions of interest for some form of ethical investing within the CBU pension plan. The policy and issues committee has undertaken some efforts to explore ways to bring an ethical approach to retirement savings at CBU.

The Pension Committee is . . . → Read More: Ethical Investing at CBU

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