u/Top-Measurement-7216 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
edX was originally the product of Harvard and MIT --- they sold to 2U in 2021 for $800 million in cash. They are bedfellows with trilogy bootcamps now which is notorious for scamming people who believe they'll be educated by the professors of the university label they license (
u/michaelnovati replied ·
FWIW I know people who work at 2U and they did try to replace Trilogy's content with edX content and it's not JUST a rebranding.
That said, I largely agree that this is a for-profit public company that is clearly trying to leverage university brands for it's programs - that aren't really connected to the university - and edX people were really not happy about the sale/purchase to 2U. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/10/27/2u-financial-struggles/
I can't comment a ton on this because of a conflict of interest with one of their university programs.