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Belgium: Brussels tells exchange students, ‘stick to your plans’

It is not clear where the money will come from, or when, but the word from the European Commission to thousands of European students planning to study abroad in the near future is: don’t change your plans.

It is much-needed advice as the budget for the Erasmus student exchange programme is again under threat. (...) - University World News, Alan Osborn, 15 November 2012, Issue No:248

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Academic paywalls mean publish and perish

Academic paywalls mean publish and perish | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it
Academic publishing is structured on exclusivity, and to read them people must shell out an average of $19 per article.

On July 19, 2011, Aaron Swartz, a computer programmer and activist, was arrested for downloading 4.8 million academic articles. The articles constituted nearly the entire catalogue of JSTOR, a scholarly research database. Universities that want to use JSTOR are charged as much as $50,000 in annual subscription fees. (...) - Aljazeera by Sarah Kendzior, 02 Oct 2012

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