The for-profit side of public U: university contracts with online program managers

LT Hamilton, H Daniels, CM Smith, C Eaton - Socius, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Online enrollments in public universities have soared, in part because of universities'
increasing reliance on for-profit online program managers (OPMs) for everything from …

EdTech-mediated outsourcing and casualisation of academic labour

M Ivancheva, A Courtois - Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation, 2024 - JSTOR
Located at the intersection of scholarship on critical higher education (HE), the casualisation
of the academic workforce and studies of digitalisation and online platforms in Higher …

An analysis of Australian online third-party arrangements: past, current and future

M Shah, FCB Lim - Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper is a retrospective look at the last ten years of development in online third-party
arrangements within the Australian higher education sector. A total of 42 higher education …

The business models employed by US colleges & universities

A Cardenas, J Cheslock - New Directions for Higher Education, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter is intended for practitioners and scholars seeking to learn more about
organizational finances. A hallmark of the US higher education system is its heterogeneity …

We Don't Work That Way: Aligning the Ways of Working Between a Higher Education Institution and an OPM Provider

A Wijeratne, A Ogilvie - Partnering with Online Program Managers …, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter explores the relationship between online program management (OPM) and
higher education institutions (HEIs) as a form of a strategic alliance to contribute to …

Critical Reflections of the University Faculty Experience in OPM Partnerships

L Smith - Partnering with Online Program Managers for Distance …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Faculty play a critical role in online program management (OPM) partnerships in higher
education. One of the key contributions that faculty can make to OPM partnerships is their …

Divorcing Your OPM: Moving from an Outsourced Online Program Management Model to a New Online Program Management Model: A Qualitative Descriptive Case …

A Carroll-Glover - 2024 - spark.bethel.edu
The demand for flexible online learning models, fueled by technological advancements and
exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has necessitated creative solutions to support …

A Playbook for Success: How Codifying Ways of Working Can Enable Others to Onboard and Offboard Online Program Managers

B Bouchey, V Wilson, M Graham - Partnering with Online Program … - taylorfrancis.com
In 2017, National Louis University (NLU) had a relatively small online student population
and as a result decided to partner with an online program manager (OPM) to facilitate online …

The 'Make Or Buy'Decision for Universities: Negotiating Strategic Relationships with OPMs

A Lou, S Bell, M Tinker, A Buntine… - Partnering with Online … - taylorfrancis.com
As the relationships between higher education and online program managers (OPMs)
continue to mature, both universities and OPMs are increasingly interested in strategies to …