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Year after MIT and Harvard’s abandonment of non-profit online course platform, universities slow in finding promised new beneficial mission, while for-profit buyer sheds staff and loses market value

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2U struggles as US universities go it alone on online delivery

Loss of foundational Southern California alliance highlights institutions feeling they can now competently provide their own virtual courses

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