Class Central, yet again, came across a 2U employee’s layoff post on LinkedIn. This is its sixth layoff (that we know of) since 2U acquired edX in 2021. The first one happened in 2022 for profitability’s sake. Since then, the company filed for bankruptcy (mostly due to the debt it took to acquire edX for $800M), took down its bootcamps, exited many university partnerships, and even got delisted from the stock market. The previous layoffs were framed as strategy shifts, realigning operations, o

As revealed in a recent earnings call, Coursera’s strategy is to integrate into existing university curricula, prioritizing ‘Coursera for Campus’ over its own online degree programs.

Udemy lays off 280 staff, representing 20% of its workforce, with plans to relocate half of the affected positions to lower-cost locations.