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What a Tech Company’s Big Shift Portends for the Future of the Master’s Degree

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Colleges face a more challenging one, especially those banking on their non-undergraduate programs to buck up their bottom lines: 2U’s moves are one reflection that interest in the traditional master’s degree is dwindling. As Hickman asked: “How well-suited are universities at re-recruiting those students?”. I suspect, not very.