No one is forcing faculty members to do unpaid peer reviews.
Faculty/university employment practices value published reviews, for
promotion and tenure decisions.
Publishers had no/minimal role in developing
that process. But I acknowledge that they do benefit from it.
If, as a class faculty refused to do the unpaid work, publishers would cave
and pay modest fees (as some do already), and the increased costs would be
reflected in higher subscription costs.
Many, but not all, universities benefit financially from intercollegiate
sports. Varying on the sport and school.
Participants benefit from personal enjoyment/fulfilment/ social benefits.
Possibly discounted college expenses. Again, no one is forcing the athletes to participate.
Eternal/Persistent victimization is getting tiresome.
Dick Gottlieb
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: The circuitous road towards open
access
From: SANFORD G THATCHER <
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 23:09:57 -0400
I can't
resist asking this perhaps impertinent question: how does
publishers'
exploitation of unpaid faculty labor in peer reviewing to enhance
their profits
differ from American universities' exploitation of unpaid
athletes to enhance
their profits from intercollegiate sports? In both
cases the people actually
doing the hard labor are being asked to donate
their labor for the benefit of
others who enrich themselves and reap the
financial rewards?
Sandy Thatcher