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Rights for Authors and Academic Commons

As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to Academic Commons all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of Academic Commons, requires credit to Academic Commons as copyright holder (e.g., Academic Commons © 2021).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from Academic Commons provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

• Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
• Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
• Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Higher Education professor at the University of Southern New York can have her article appear in the University of Southern New York's Department of Higher Education online publication series); and
• Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.

People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the Academic Commons website and/or software agree not to misuse the Academic Commons service or software in any way.

The failure of Academic Commons to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Academic Commons and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.