Federal grant funds were provided for two cohorts of graduate-level students enrolled in an online School Library Information Specialist (SLIS) program from 2010-2012; simultaneously, identical online coursework was provided for non-grant funded students during the same period. The purpose of this comparative assessment was to determine what, if any, differences existed in student success rates between the grant-funded and non-grant-funded based on the following criteria:
• Students’ course final grades
• Students’ achievement of course “A” grade
• Students’ course failure rate based on “F” grades and mid-course withdrawals