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• Permissions for Educational and Other Noncommercial Uses
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Many AAC&U resources—including the VALUE rubrics, VALUE ADD tools, and some online publications—carry a Creative Commons license. See the bottom of a web resource or the copyright page of a publication to determine whether it carries this license.

• Permissions for Educational or Other Noncommercial Uses
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• Permissions for Commercial Uses
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Requests for permission to use for commercial purposes materials related to AAC&U’s Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) initiative, including the VALUE rubrics and VALUE ADD tools, must be sent in writing to [email protected]. All other requests for permission to reproduce for commercial uses AAC&U materials that carry a Creative Commons license may be sent to [email protected].