Rochester Institute of Technology

Institution Profile: Rochester Institute of Technology
LocationUnited States of America
Type of InstitutionSpecialized University or equivalent
Academic DisciplinesDiscipline non-specified
Summary of Intervention(s)

• In an online article for OpenSource.com senior figures at Rochester Institute of Technology announced the imminent establishing of Open@RIT – an office which aims to grow “RIT’s impact on all things Open”
• This includes: “Open Source Software, Open Data, Open Science, Open Hardware, Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons licensed efforts, what we like to refer to in aggregate as Open Work.”
• Amongst its remit, the office will look at how faculty can get credit toward tenure and promotion for open work.
• It will also put on professional development workshops for staff in how to build evaluation, tenure and promotion cases with Open Work.
• Recommendations for citing and supporting Open Work in Tenure and Promotion are also being included in Open@RIT’s draft policy on Open Work due for release in 2022.

Source Material
2013 Policies
LinkEntrepreneurship, Open Research, Portfolio assessment, Research collaboration, Societal impact
Type of DecisionPromotion, Tenure
Scope of PolicyDepartment
Academic DisciplinesArts and Humanities
2020 Action plan
LinkOpen Research
Type of DecisionPromotion, Tenure
Scope of PolicyInstitution-wide
Academic DisciplinesDiscipline non-specified
2020 Action plan
LinkOpen Research
Type of DecisionPromotion, Tenure
Scope of PolicyInstitution-wide
Academic DisciplinesDiscipline non-specified

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