Open Oregon Educational Resources Impact Reporting

[Amy Hofer]

Hi all, this message is cross-posted.

Last spring Open Oregon Educational Resources did a major data collection effort, and the results are ready to share! See below for the headlines and links to more info.

THANK YOU to the OER point people and instructors who provided the data that makes these reports possible, and KUDOS for your work to make college more affordable!

• 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 $80 million in two academic years. Read more: Estimated 2023-25 Student Savings in No-Cost/Low-Cost Courses
• 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: Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants (Fourth Report)
• 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 Grant Projects Complete
• OER review workshops have resulted in close to $22M in student savings since 2015, representing $71.19 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more: 2025 OER Review Workshop Report
• 203 instructors who participated in the course redesign sprint since 2019 have saved 32,122 students an estimated $3.3M. Read more: 2025 Course Redesign Sprint Report
• Oregon’s public community colleges and universities are making progress, and have room to improve, in communicating costs to students via the course schedule. Read more: 2025 On-Time Course Materials Adoption Report

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Amy Hofer (she/her)

Statewide Open Education Program Director

Open Oregon Educational Resources

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