Impact Stories

Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education have already resulted in significant advancements in disease prevention, economic development, crisis management, improved education, researcher career development & more.

From Ideas to Industries: Human Genome Project

With openness as a core tenet, the Human Genome Project generated $965 billion in economic output between 1988 and 2012, creating nearly 4 million jobs. Nearly 30% more genetic diagnostic tests emerged from sequenced genes that were always available openly, versus those that started of under access restrictions.

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Building a Career on an Open Foundation: Meredith Niles

Meredith has leveraged openness to advance her career and succeed as an early career researcher.
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Student Savings at Scale: LibreTexts

Since it was established 11 years ago, LibreTexts has been used by 223 million students saving them...
Improving Student Success with OER: Georgia Highlands College

Transforming a popular course from gatekeeper to gateway with OER
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Impact Stories

From Ideas to Industries: Human Genome Project

Building a Career on an Open Foundation: Meredith Niles

Student Savings at Scale: LibreTexts

Improving Student Success with OER: Georgia Highlands College

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