I'm surprised SL hasn't added new courses

[eriehiker]

I find it more shameful that they had more difficult to find courses like Physics and Chem 2 and labs but dont pursue them anymore. They had lock down on market parts and gave it up. Poo

Well, it has been interesting to watch the interplay between the for-profit providers and the non-profit schools.  The for-profits were really squeezed with the crackdown at the end of the Obama Admin. and had to find non-profit partners.  That's why we see companies like Sophia with so many cross-branded sites.  We also see it from the other side.  Study.com and TESU were partners in the DOE demonstration project.  There were lots of pairings like this.  So the for-profits have to please the non-profits and it has been clear that the non-profits want the last two years of college, advanced classes, technical classes and graduate work.  So the SL strategy is probably a good one.

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BTW, what I see in the future are several of these for-profit/non-profit partnerships attempting to dominate market share with walled gardens. It'll be like Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Android. The goal will be to preserve a cost-effective alternative education pathway, but not at zero cost, while maintaining the higher end courses for the colleges and universities. This is, I think, why shmoop is getting squeezed. It was just too cheap and was a race to the bottom for the colleges.