Transferring College Credit

StraighterLine is proud to be chosen as a founding and leading alternative credit provider for the American Council on Education Credit Recommendation Service’s Alternative Credit Project, (ACP) an effort by ACE and the Gates Foundation to assist the over 31 million U.S. adults who are eligible to start or return to college by providing affordable and flexible college solutions to the rising cost of college. The project reviews courses from a select group of providers and creates guaranteed transfer pathways to nearly 40 colleges. The list of guaranteed courses and colleges will be released in October of 2015. Alternative Credit Transfer Made Easy At StraighterLine, we help students successfully and affordably start, or re-start, co ...

How do students judge the quality of distance education courses? This critical evaluation process is what the Distance Education Accrediting Commission’s (DEAC) new quality review service helps students solve. “Last Friday, DEAC announced its new Approved Quality Curriculum (AQC). This new service uses a standard rubric to peer-review non-institutional “providers” of distance education. StraighterLine and Sophia are the first “providers” to be recognized as achieving AQC status for their online courses.” That’s the insight from Russell Poulin, Director of Policy & Analysis for WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, in his recent article for the WCET Frontiers Blog, which highlights AQC as “a major step in er ...

Not everyone knows where they will end up when they first start college. Many don’t know what they want to do, or what degree they need, until later in life. You can, however, still dream big even if your degree plans shift along the way. We're offering a special tribute to transfer students, students who have taken online courses or gone back to school to finish their college degree. We hope you will be inspired by these stories of famous men and women who completed their education on their own terms. Want to see how it works? Take two free lessons on us today! Check out the success of these famous college transfer students, including 7 presidents of the United States: Barack Obama President Barack Obama may be the world’s m ...

Today’s post is the eighth in a series of practical tips on how to save money on college. Today’s saving money on college tip is: Maximize AP Credits. Motivated students know that you can take AP classes and tests to bypass introductory college courses. The more general education courses you place out of prior to enrolling in school reduces the length of time required for you to earn your degree when your credit transfers. "The less time you spend enrolled in college means the less tuition you have to pay - and that can save you thousands on your degree." What Do Low-Cost Online Courses and AP Exams Have in Common? Both offer you an alternative pathway to earn college credits in courses across a number of subject areas. ...

Are you looking for a way to cut the cost of college where you live? Do you need to save money on your college degree? Want to know which schools accept your StraighterLine low-cost online courses for credit? This infographic provides a 50 state guide to each campus location of the nearly 100 accredited colleges in the StraighterLine College Savings Network. Want to know how to get started? Get your free personalized degree plan today! It also shows how easy StraighterLine makes it to get your degree 100% online at a fraction of the cost. All StraighterLine partner colleges offer online degree programs - available to students in every state.  All StraighterLine courses are ACE Credit recommended. Want to know ho ...