College of the Holy Cross
AC-8: Responsible Research and Innovation
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Thibodeau Director of Sustainability Sustainability |
8.1 Published ethical code of conduct for research
Online location of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:
Copy of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:
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8.2 Recognition of integrated, community-based, and extra-academic research
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize integrated research:
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize integrated research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to community-based research?:
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize community-based research:
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize community-based research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to research impact or reach outside of academic journals?:
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals:
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
If Yes to any of the above, provide at least one form of evidence (website URL or document). If reporting on multiple guidelines or policies, provide the best available example and/or a website that provides an overview of promotion/tenure for academic employees.
Copy of the institution’s promotion/tenure guidelines or policies:
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8.3 Inter-campus collaboration for responsible research and innovation
Description of the institution’s inter-campus collaborations for responsible research and innovation:
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8.4 Support for open access publishing
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access repository:
CrossWorks collects, preserves, and provides access to the intellectual, creative, and scholarly work of the College of the Holy Cross community as well as to the unique materials of the Archives and Special Collections. This open access digital repository is a service of the College of the Holy Cross Libraries. The College invites faculty, students, and staff to investigate opportunities for long-term preservation and electronic access of their work. https://crossworks.holycross.edu/
Does the institution have one or more published policies that require its employees to publish scholarly works open access or archive final post-peer reviewed versions of scholarly works in an open access repository?:
Do the open access policies cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Text or online location of the institution’s open access policies:
Copy of the institution’s open access policies:
Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access APC fund:
Faculty are allocated $3000 each fiscal year to support their research. They can utilize these funds to pay APCs if needed. Note that this information is posted on an Intranet accessible only to HC users, so a screenshot of the site has been uploaded.
Does the institution negotiate or participate in transformative open access agreements that are consistent with ESAC guidelines?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s transformative open access agreements with publishers:
Holy Cross has the following open access agreements with publishers that would fall within ESAC guidelines:
American Chemical Society- Read & Publish
American Society for Microbiology- Subscribe to Open
Association of Computing Machinery- Read & Publish
Cambridge University Press- Read & Publish
Company of Biologists- Read & Publish
Institute of Physics (IOP)- Transformative Agreement
Springer Journals- Transformative Agreemen
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