Most of the news coverage of 2U’s quarterly earnings call Thursday focused, not surprisingly, on the fact that the online program enablement company was laying off 20 percent of its employee base and restructuring its leadership, a response both to enrollment declines that have buffeted much of higher education and to its merger last year with the education platform edX.
But at a time of continuing tumult for the online program management industry, in which 2U is the standard bearer, other changes the company announced may be more notable.
