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Remote Learning Recommendations During Covid-19 Emergency This document provides information and clarification to districts, schools, leaders, teachers, students, and parents as they design and implement remote learning in response to the COVID- 19 emergency, which is different from statutory e-learning plans. ISBE acknowledges that all students, families, schools, and districts are diverse, and supports remote […]
This spring, school leaders and educators across the world entered what the superintendent of one major district has called “truly uncharted waters.” The spread of the novel coronavirus—and the subsequent shutdown of many school systems—has created a new reality in K–12 education, one in which many educators and families have had to make a rapid, […]
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote letters to five online-program management (OPM) companies asking them to turn over the terms of their contracts with colleges and universities. The lawmakers argue that revenue-share agreements — in which OPMs receive a percentage of tuition revenue in exchange for covering the costs of launching an online […]
Online program manager 2U’s stock plummeted this summer when its leaders told financial market analysts that they expect to launch fewer graduate degree programs and expect smaller program sizes going forward. It was the second time in as many quarters that 2U had changed its outlook, sending the company’s stock price down nearly 65% by […]
An hour before Chip Paucek, CEO and co-founder of 2U, held an investor call late Tuesday afternoon, the online program management company’s stock was valued at $36.50. Over the next 24 hours, as investors responded to the news he delivered, its stock plunged to $12.80 — a decrease of almost 65 percent. Inside Higher Ed
University and college administrators frequently choose to develop and implement online programs with the help of for-profit companies known as online program management (OPM) providers that specialize in the development and implementation of online programs. This paper reports on the partnership of a private university in the Western United States and OPM provider in the […]
