Some House Democrats Call for Withdrawal of 2011 OPM Guidance

Key House Democratic leaders are calling again on the Education Department to withdraw 2011 guidance that allowed for revenue-sharing agreements between online program managers and institutions of higher education. On Tuesday, Connecticut representative Rosa DeLauro, ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee; California representative Mark Takano, ranking member on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; and Washington representative Pramila Jayapal, who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, released a joint statement criticizing a partnership between 2U and the University of Southern California that was the subject of a recent class action filed by the Project on Predatory Student Lending.