The 2018 Colvard et. al study of OER adoption at the University of Georgia showed that Overall GPA goes up and the Drop/Fail/Withdraw Rate goes down for students in courses using Open Access Resources.
There are benefits to using OER for all students but those benefits are even stronger for students with greater financial need.
|
Non-Pell Recipients |
Pell Recipients |
Overall GPA |
+6.9% |
+11% |
DFW Rate |
-2.1% |
-4.4% |
Colvard, N. B., Watson, C. E., & Park, H. (2018). The impact of open educational resources on various student success metrics. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 30(2), 262–276.