2U said yesterday that it had formed a partnership with shared workspace company WeWork. Any of the 13,000 students enrolled in the graduate degree programs that 2U hosts will be able to use the WeWork offices for free.
"2U will also be offering $5 million in scholarships to WeWork community members and employees, that they can spend on 2U’s graduate programs, as well as on short online courses from GetSmarter. Paucek says the scholarships will become available “very quickly.
The partnership with WeWork has three parts: first, WeWork will open up its 286 offices to students engaged in 2U-supported graduate programs. Next, 2U is going to use a software platform developed by a coding bootcamp, Flatiron School, (recently acquired by WeWork) as its new front-end...
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