Monday, July 30, 2018

Pepperdine University, 2U In Online MBA Agrrement

Malibu-based Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School and online education provider 2U, which has one of its major offices in Los Angeles, said last week that the two companies are in a expanded partnership. According to the two, 2U will power Pepperdine's existing online MBA degree, starting in January of 2020. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to the two, 2U will support Pepperdine in development, launch, and management of the degree. 2U is based in Lanham, Maryland, but has longtime ties to Los Angeles; the company's first online education program was USC's Rossier School of Education, and one of the company's first investors before its IPO was Redpoint Ventures, which at the time was an active Los Angeles venture investor.

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