Flexible College Options

If you go to most colleges, you are going to have to take a certain number of required courses. If you attend Columbia University in New York, for example, here are core curriculum courses that you will be required to take . . .

Contemporary Civilization
Literature Humanities
University Writing
Art Humanities
Music Humanities

In addition to those courses that Columbia [...]

“A Third of Students Transfer Before Graduating, and Many Head Toward Community Colleges,” a 2012 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, cites statistics compiled by The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center: “Transfer rates are similar for full- and part-time students, 32.6 and 33.9 percent, respectively . . .  More than a quarter of all [...]

We are proud to announce that Upper Iowa University has become the latest StraighterLine Partner college. Better yet, Upper Iowa University could be just the college for you. Let’s take a closer look.
About Upper Iowa University
Because Upper Iowa University is a StraighterLine Partner College, it’s ready to accept the credits that you earn in the [...]

If you answered yes to either of the questions in the title of today’s post, we’d like to start out by thanking you. This Memorial Day, we honor you for your service.
And we’d like to ask one more question too. Have you considered taking online courses here at StraighterLine to get a start on your [...]

If you’re studying business statistics, here’s some good news for you. StraighterLine has added 50 instructional statistics videos to its YouTube channel.  They’re free, they’re great – and they’ll explain some pretty complex topics for you in just a few minutes.
Be sure to check them all out – chances are that there is one that [...]

If you’re in the military, all of us here at StraighterLine would like to start today’s post by thanking you for your service. All the freedoms and opportunities we enjoy in the U.S. depend on the vital and selfless work that you do.
Yet if you’re currently serving – whether abroad or here on U.S. soil [...]

When will you be able to sign up for a MOOC, earn college credits in it, and then transfer those credits immediately to your college?
Well, wouldn’t we all like to know? It’s a question that never seems to get answered. For people who are eager to take MOOCs and earn college credits for their online [...]

I have the following conversation at least five times a year. I had it again just the other day. Here’s how it goes . . .
“I need to pick up three college credits this summer before I can graduate,” a student says to me.
“Well, you can do that for a few hundred dollars at StraighterLine,” [...]

By Beth Dumbauld
Dear Moms Going Back to College,
Thank you Mom for believing in your academic and career potential even when times got tough. You never abandoned your college dreams even when the busy-ness of life got in the way. Your persistence, diligence, and flexibility paid off. By taking college courses online, and earning your degree [...]

Up until now, there haven’t been many community colleges that pride themselves for excellence in online education. That has now changed, thanks to Cecil College, a two-year public community college that offers transfer, career-credit and non-credit continuing education courses on an open-enrollment basis to all students who are eager to start their college studies.
If you’re [...]

In September, 2012, a student named Donnie Davis was grappling with the fact that he only needed to complete one three-credit course before he could earn his Bachelor of Business Administration from Strayer University.
“I was thinking of CLEPPING it,” he says, meaning that he was about to take one of the CLEP exams to earn [...]

By Beth Dumbauld
If you are passionate about sustainability and environmental causes, there’s a good chance that you and science are well acquainted. Equally likely, your passion for nature has led you to live, even temporarily, in a remote location, and your schedule is anything but nine-to-five. This doesn’t mean, however, that you can’t earn college [...]

StraighterLine is proud to announce that Herzing University is now one of our Partner Colleges
When you first hear about Herzing University and investigate what it’s all about, the first thing you’ll probably think is, “Herzing is America’s only university that is owned by a woman, Renée Herzing. That’s unique.”
Then you read about a Herzing student [...]

Today’s post is the second in a series of short tips on how to save money on college. Today’s tip is . . .
Go to a Three-Year College
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner? Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you. Go to a three-year college!
What You Need to Know about [...]

10 Things an Adult Learner Should Know Before Going Back to College

You are not special. While going back to college as an adult may have you feeling that you are embarking into uncharted territory, you are in fact joining legions of other students who have gone back to school later in life. Hundreds of thousands [...]