Colleges’ interest in partnering with outside companies to run their online programs has plummeted, according to newly released data from market researcher Validated Insights. In 2023, 147 contracts ...

The tumultuous online program management market got another shake-up Tuesday, with Academic Partnerships’ $150 million deal to acquire Wiley’s online education business. Academic Partnerships ...

Validated Insights releases the first such report of its kind, using specific and precise AI personas to model the education support market. Higher education marketing and research firm Validated ...

The newest quarterly report from Validated Insights shows a 56 percent drop in online program management (OPM) initiations, a rise in cancellations, and a 97 percent drop in OPM investment since 2021.

For more than 15 years, a group of companies known as Online Program Management providers, or OPMs, have been helping colleges build online degree programs. And most of them have relied on an unusual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. When OPMs control recruitment, curriculum, and delivery, ...

Last week, the country’s first known state-level law regulating college partnerships with online-program managers went into effect. The Minnesota law applies to more than 30 public colleges in the ...

Validated Insights releases the first such report of its kind, using specific and precise AI personas to model the education support market. The AI nodes, relationships, personas, and market ...