2025-27 OER Grants Awarded
The 2025-27 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…
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Estimated 2023-25 Student Savings in No-Cost/Low-Cost Courses
Courses with the no-cost and low-cost designation in the schedule at 20 institutions are estimated to have saved 1 million students (by headcount) in 57,000 course sections $80M in two academic years. Read more…
Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants (Fourth Report)
In the OER grant programs for which past data is available, the estimated cumulative student savings is over $33M since 2015, or about $15 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…
2023-25 Grant Projects Complete
The 24 OER grant projects in the 2023-25 cohort represent 58 instructors and saved 10,000 Oregon students $1.6M in 61 courses, approximately $6.59 in student savings for each $1 of grant money spent. Read more…
Archived Webinar: Got Money? Oregon’s Brain Trust for Local OER Funds
Join a group of librarians from Oregon institutions with local OER funding for a lively panel discussion. Read more…
Students Testify for Basic Needs Bill
Oregon’s House Interim Committee On Higher Education held a public hearing on a bill that would provide one-time funding for basic needs and is packaged with textbook affordability funding. Read more…
Students Testify for Basic Needs Bill
Oregon’s House Interim Committee On Higher Education held an informational hearing yesterday on a bill that would provide one-time funding for Open Oregon Educational Resources. Read more…
Oregonians at Open Ed 23
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2023 Open Education Conference. Read more…
2023-25 OER Grants Awarded
The 2023-25 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…
Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants (Third Report)
In the five OER grant programs for which past data is available, the estimated cumulative student savings is $23,080,669 since 2015, or about $14 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…