There are a couple of blog announcements about the forward movement of a open licensing policy for projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education. See the Creative Commons post by Cable Green at http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/46345 and the post by the Association of Research Libraries Open Education Director, Nicole Allen, at http://www.sparc.arl.org/blog/us-education-department-proposes-open-licensing-policy-part-goopen-campaign . The policy discussion has centered around K-12 education but should also affect grant funding in higher education. Creative Commons will lead training workshops on licensing material for re-use thus increasing the overall awareness of CC licensing.
