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…
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…
2021-23 Grant Projects Complete
The 71 OER grant projects in the 2021-23 cohort represent 27 institutions and saved 9,160 Oregon students over $1.2 million in 78 courses, approximately $2.89 in student savings for each $1 of grant money spent. Read more…
Estimated 2021-23 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 900,000 students (by headcount) in 50,000 course sections $70 million in two academic years. Read more…
Fall 2022 OER Grant Update
The 2022-23 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded, and the 2021-23 OER grant cohort has saved over $500,000 and shared their work. Congratulations to all of our OER grantees! Read more…
Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants (Second Report)
In the four OER grant programs for which prior data is available, the estimated cumulative student savings is $14,108,853 since 2015, or about $12 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…