calling for strengthening of the monitoring of OPMs for incentive compensation for recruitment and amount of content provided by partner organizations.the new guidance, effective immediately a “shock” and “a stunning expansion of its interpretation of federal regulations that appears to put a large swath of colleges’ ed-tech vendors on the hook for following more rules, and place the vendors underUS$74.80bn in 2023 and grow some 13.
At issue is new guidance that might revise the “bundled services” exception that has enabled colleges and universities to partner with OPMs to develop and expand the online curricula available to post-secondary students in the United States. Through years of close collaboration and an effective, mutually beneficial revenue sharing model, OPMs have worked alongside American colleges and universities to make online education a mainstay of the modern education system.
In other words, there is possibly a fear of lost regulatory control when parents and high school students tailor education to their preferences by working with OPMs and other online partners.