On the very popular, Open Access News, Peter Suber, posted on ASEE’s launch of Advances in Engineering Education last month:

I commend the ASEE for this launch. Society publishers have much to gain from OA, and I’m always glad to see another one announce a launch or experiment. However, I’m concerned that the journal is so reticent about its access policies. For example, it doesn’t describe itself as OA. It doesn’t even use phrases like “free online access”. The statements in the inaugural issue from the journal editor and society director don’t discuss price or access. I call it OA only because all the articles in the inaugural issue are free online and nothing at the site mentions subscriptions.