I Don't Buy It.A contrary take on the 'fee-for-service is taking over the OPM market' narrative. The Validated Insights report is useful, but the lede that FFS is the new norm for OPMs is not supported by the data. Don't conflate what one might want to believe with what is

The Earnings Premium metric just got a new backer — and it’s not a think tank or federal agency. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) is planning to adopt this same price-to-earnings premium approach, originally pushed by policy groups and baked

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InstructureCon Conference Notes 2025: Big investments in the platforms but with a growing 'Apple Intelligence of EdTech' risk. This raises one of the two big questions for the rest of 2025 in the LMS market (the other being Anthology’s debt restructuring). Is Instructure’s bold

New post by @morganmundum . D2L Fusion Conference Notes 2025: D2L +, and then some. The new Lumi features signal a notable shift in D2L’s approach to AI. Rather than chasing flashy AI products, D2L positions the LMS as a low-risk, high-reward environment in which institutions can

Anthology Together Conference Notes 2025: If only there was a time machine. In the LMS world in particular, the conference was dominated by the integration of generative AI into the product line. And in a nutshell, Anthology’s lead in AI investments is paying off at the customer

RT @topcastnow: TOPcast ep190 includes shoutouts to @morganmundum @PhilOnEdTech @neilmosley5 #OnlineEducationAcrosstheAtlantic and more! ht….

New post by @morganmundum with lots of new online education data. Market Concentration in US Online Learning: An update and a longitudinal view. By looking at the data across time we got a deeper and more nuanced view of how market concentration in online learning is changing

Open edX Conference Notes 2025:.Optimism, hard choices, and threats to established LMS players. The platform’s evolution raises an important question: What does Open edX want to become? That question underpins what I’ll call the 100 Million Learners Paradox. On the one hand, Axim

The Problem with Randomized Controlled Trials in EdTech Research.And why the "gold standard" assumption needs to be rethought. A new post by @morganmundum following in the series on EdTech efficacy. "As long as there’s an RCT attached, people tend to assume the research is sound

New OPM deal, this time between @SkilledEdu (UK-based company) and @AmericanU . Four grad online programs: Human Resources Management, Nutrition Education, Strategic Communications, and Economics. Very focused on an international approach.

Friday Follow Up - A deeper dive on institutional accountability comparing Gainful Employment, House Risk-Sharing, and Senate Accountability provisions. There has been a lot of analysis this week with the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)’s

Digital Universities US Conference Report from @morganmundum . "In contrast, at this week’s meeting, political and cultural changes were clearly top of mind for many attendees. So too were concerns about generative AI. Thankfully, the conversations moved beyond the usual

Is SNHU the Most Expensive Large Institution?.No, but the risk-sharing data set shows that obvious fallacy. What caught my attention was that the two largest online education providers had drastically different outcomes. Western Governors University (WGU)

Visualizing the Congressional Risk-Sharing Impact on Higher Ed Institutions.Combining risk-sharing accountability and Promise Grants in the US House data set. The US House of Representatives’ Committee on Education & Workforce (CEW) released a data set last year that provides its

The Rise of the ROI and College Premium Mentality.An underlying driver of higher education policy and public sentiment that needs to avoid overly-simplistic conclusions. As I mention in the podcast, the discussion of whether college is worth it becomes problematic when people.

RT @PresidentsForum: @PhilOnEdTech discusses how emerging technologies are transforming education - from AI-powered real-time translation t….

This week got away from us due to two consulting projects, meaning that we missed posting both free and premium newsletters. Mea culpa, and we are sharing this post from @morganmundum outside of the paywall as partial penance. Interesting Reads This Week.Simple yet important.

That was a good show fwiw.

Should I go to The Who's Farewell Tour?. Seems appropriate since I went to The Who's Farewell Tour in 1982. Although it has a "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" feeling to it.

Norm! RIP.

Microcredentials - the "meat curry" of higher ed and what institutions will eventually need to deal with in this area, with a UK focus. New post from @neilmosley5 .