http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/07/08/pioneering-open-content-in-higher-ed.aspx In an article in "Campus Technology" dated 10.07.08, the University of South Florida (USF) Mechanical Engineering (ME) department declared that it has been 'pioneering' the web publication of open ME educational content since the mid 1990s. The ME department uses the open content for ME undergraduate education at the college undergraduate. This article superficially points out their funding problems, their use of a loose consortium of ME departments at four other US universities to produce the open content, and faculty resistance to the creation of open content. But also the USF ME spokesperson points out the untested, and apparently as yet unchallenged nor more deeply examined, claim of the "consistently great popularity" of their open content among the USF ME students.