Sat.Jun 25, 2022

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HEI Investigation: Academic Partnerships

Higher Education Inquirer

In 2022, Online Program Managers (OPMs) are being scrutinized like their predecessors, for-profit colleges, in the early 2000s. 2U , one of the leaders in the industry, has been particularly singled out as a predatory company, working with elite schools like the University of Southern California , and selling their overpriced master's degrees. Before that, Kaplan Higher Education and Kaplan Higher Education gained attention for selling off their for-profit schools but maintaining the management