Abolish for‑profit academic publishers

Taxpayer‑funded research should be published on non‑commercial, publicly supported platforms so that the public and researchers stop paying twice — first to fund work and then to buy access. Funders and universities would need to redirect indirect cost recovery to open publishing infrastructure and remove copyright transfers to private publishers. — If adopted, this reform would shift billions in subscription and processing fees, reshape university budgets and incentives, and provoke a political fight between publishers, research institutions, and federal funders.