```yaml website: metadata: name: "Genio Learner Impact Report 2026 | Genio" title: "Genio Learner Impact Report 2026" url: "https://genio.co/resources/research-and-insights/learner-impact-report-2026" published_time: "Tue, 19 May 2026 11:40:40 GMT" core_info: "Read how Genio supports students across higher education by boosting confidence, improving academic performance, reducing stress, elevating study skills and increasing persistence." header: primary_elements: - type: logo label: "Genio logo - home" url: "https://genio.co/" - type: skip_links items: - label: "Skip to main menu" url: "https://genio.co/resources/research-and-insights/learner-impact-report-2026#main-menu" - label: "Skip to footer" url: "https://genio.co/resources/research-and-insights/learner-impact-report-2026#footer" navigation: - label: "Products" items: - label: "Genio Notes" url: "https://genio.co/notes" description: "The #1 note taking solution to boost knowledge, skills and confidence" icon: "https://genio.co/hubfs/website/vectors/menu-icons/the_glean_study_tool_Icon.svg" - 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"At Risk students saw a GPA improvement of +1.35, a 93.5% increase." - "75.7% of first-generation students say Genio Notes helped them stay in school." actions: - label: "Read more" url: "https://genio.co/resources/research-and-insights/learner-impact-report-2026#learn-more" - section: title: "How Genio Notes positively impacts learner confidence" description: "Today's learners are navigating more than lectures... Looking at 2026's data, the impact that Genio Notes is having to rectify this is clear. 82% of students feel more confident when taking notes with Genio Notes." elements: - type: text content: "For students picking up Genio Notes for the first time, that confidence builds meaningfully over the course of a semester. New users reported an 11.9% improvement in their confidence to study effectively from Fall to Spring. That's not a marginal shift, rather a longitudinal improvement demonstrating a real difference." - type: text content: "Considering New Majority Learners, working students reported a similar impact, with 81.5% feeling more confident with their note taking, while for parent students, the figure is 82.3%." - type: quote text: "Note taking and being able to go back to content I learned in class knowing everything is accurate has been a game changer for me. I feel like my high grades are a reflection of this." author: "Sabrina, University of Hawaii at Manoa" - section: title: "How Genio Notes improves academic performance" description: "Across all 1,033 respondents, students saw an average GPA improvement of 3.0% over the semester. For new users, that rise was even sharper at 4.1%, signifying how the earlier students engage with Genio Notes, the more they stand to gain." elements: - type: text content: "Some of the most compelling gains belong to the learners who face the steepest barriers. Parent students saw their GPA rise by an average of 7.6%, while first-year students saw a 7.3% rise and first-generation students weren't far behind at 5.0%." - type: text content: "Students with a disability, who aren't currently receiving formal accommodations, saw a 17% increase over the semester, more than five times the overall average." - type: text content: "But perhaps the most striking finding came from the students most at risk of not making it. Those starting the semester with a GPA below 2.0 saw an improvement of +1.35 GPA, a 93.5% increase." - type: quote text: "This has saved me an immense amount of time and stress. I'm remiss that I didn't have this tool sooner in my school career, as it would have saved me so much time." author: "Emily, Arizona State University" - section: title: "How Genio Notes reduces student stress" description: "Stress shows up in grades, in persistence, and in wellbeing. It is a problem that cannot be ignored." elements: - type: text content: "By the end of semester, students' using Genio Notes self-reported stress scores had dropped by 11.9% on average compared to where they started with 73.1% saying they find studying less stressful with Genio Notes." - type: text content: "Some of the most meaningful stress reductions belong to students carrying the heaviest loads outside of class. Working students saw stress drop by 20% over the semester, closely followed by ESL students at 18.2% and parent students at 14.3%." - type: quote text: "Helps so when I have quiet time I can actually have time for my kids as a single father and full-time student." author: "Tyrone, Aims Community College, Colorado" - section: title: "How Genio Notes drives persistence and increases retention" description: "Retention is one of the most pressing challenges facing higher education right now. And institutional leaders are always on the look out for ways to drive student persistence." elements: - type: text content: "According to our surveys, 70.2% of students say Genio Notes has helped them stay in school while 66.4% say it's helped them stay in their current major. Breaking that down by New Majority Learner segments, 75.7% of first-generation students say Genio Notes helped them stay in school, and for parent students the figure is 77.2%." - type: text content: "Among students who were actively considering dropping out at the time of the second survey, 65.8% said Genio Notes helped them stay in school, demonstrating the impact a meaningful intervention can have at exactly the moment it's needed most." - type: quote text: "ADHD makes listening and writing difficult. With Genio, I do not have to worry about one of those two things. When I use Genio, I am able to devote all of my attention to the lecture." author: "Krystle, Arizona State University" - section: title: "How Genio Notes builds learning skills that last" description: "The value of Genio Notes doesn't stop at the grade. It's in the habits students build and carry with them." elements: - type: text content: "85.5% of students say they can better manage large amounts of information with Genio Notes while 82.0% feel more confident as note-takers and 69.2% say their study skills have improved. These aren't small numbers. They're a signal that when students have the right tools, they don't just perform better, they actually want to be there." actions: - label: "Book a call" url: "javascript:postMessage({type:'HS_DISPLAY_CALL_TO_ACTION',id:401337387253});" - section: title: "Find out how Genio can help students in your institution" description: "The evidence is clear. 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