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Trace Urdan, managing director at Tyton Partners, occupies an interesting place in the higher ed marketplace for ideas. Trace has been able to carve out an intellectually rigorous and well-informed set of pro-market ideas around postsecondary education. His Twitter bio reads, "I follow [the] education industry professionally. I am a passionate believer in the constructive role of private capital in driving education innovation."
In a series of tweets, Trace pushes back on the recommendations that I put forth in my piece "The OPM Industry and the Biden Administration."
I am grateful to Trace for being willing to say what he thinks. I hope others in the OPM ecosystem (scholars, company leaders, professional association heads, OPM customers, etc.) follow Trace's lead.
We need to find a way for those of us who disagree about online program management companies' impact on higher ed to listen to one another. Maybe we can even find a way together to infuse some data-driven research into this conversation.
What do you think of this conversation that Trace and I are having across social media platforms on OPMs? Can you find a middle ground? Is there a constructive way forward?
Let us know what you think of how the OPM industry might approach a Biden administration Education Department.
