2U First Of ‘Schools As A Service’ Firms To Make IPO

By | May 21, 2014

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The second of the so-called three waves of the online higher-education field gained more prominence in March with the IPO of 2U. These second-wave companies, which help schools with the tough task of bringing their courses online, offer “Schooling-as-a-Service,” says Josh Jarrett, a former Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation higher-education officer. As those companies pick up steam, they “are maturing enough to be investable,” says Jarrett, who is Scalper1 News

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