DeLauro: For-profit online program management companies are the new predators in higher education
Rosa DeLauro
January 31, 2023
The ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee calls for an end to OPM tuition sharing based on enrollment.
For years, my colleagues and I have fought to protect students and taxpayers from the predatory practices of for-profit colleges. While the Biden administration is working to address these abuses through strong gainful employment regulations, I am disturbed by the loose regulation and nonexistent oversight over a similar, newer phenomenon — the proliferation of for-profit online program management, or OPM, companies across our higher education landscape.
Just like predatory for-profit colleges, these OPMs mislead students, drive up costs and leave student borrowers with a low-value education, excessive debt and low-paying jobs after graduation.
