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Utah Policy Would Restrict Profs' Royalties From Books.(professors)(Brief article)
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U.S. News & World Report
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May 28, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Alison Go
If self-promoting professors have always left a foul taste in your mouth, head over to the University of Utah (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/premium/drglance_3675.php), where faculty and administrators have approved a policy that would prohibit professors from receiving royalties (http://media.www.dailyutahchronicle.com/media/storage/paper244/news/2008/05/28/News/New-Textbook.Policy.Stops.Profs.Collecting.Royalties-3376285.shtml) from books they assigned in class, the Daily Utah Chronicle writes. The proposal, which is pending approval by the Board of Regents, would still allow teachers to assign any text they want, but royalties from ...
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