Waymaker courseware can erase the Pell Penalty. It can put Pell-eligible students on equal footing with their non Pell eligible peers.

Graph showing average final grades of Pell Eligible and non Pell Eligible students who used Waymaker courseware. Pell Eligible students who used Waymaker have final grades similar to non Pell eligible students. Pell eligible students who did not use Waymaker had final grades significantly lower than their non Pell eligible peers. Study examined fall 2016 learning data for 5,622 students at 8 institutions enrolled in Introduction to Business courses.