A report from the Brookings Institution addresses the trend of for-profit colleges going exclusively online or contracting with nonprofit (mostly public) colleges to run their online programs. Using results from focus groups of for-profit student borrowers, the report explores the risks that this rapid shift entails for students already vulnerable to poor outcomes.
The report can be obtained at https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/The-Failings-of-Online-For-profit-Colleges.pdf.