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National Online Learning Day is celebrated annually on September 15 to highlight students of all ages that are learning online and bring awareness to the benefits of online education. BALTIMORE, MD. (September 15, 2021) – When Burck Smith founded StraighterLine in 2008 he had one goal – to create an innovative online educational platform that would help solve the No. 1 issue facing students today – the skyrocketing cost of college. StraighterLine was the first non-college or university to offer online courses for college credit and now more than 100,000 students have saved time and money taking a StraighterLine course. Long before massive open online courses (MOOCs) began to take shape in 2011, StraighterLine began offering online cou ...

CSU Pueblo Academy creates a new pathway to college access through low-cost, flexible online courses for students who did not meet admissions requirements Baltimore, MD (September 9, 2021) -- Colorado State University Pueblo (CSU Pueblo), a regional comprehensive university in southwest Colorado with a focus on practical degree programs, today announced a new admissions pathway that will expand college access for students who did not meet basic admissions requirements. In collaboration with StraighterLine, the new CSU Pueblo Academy offers low-cost, competency-based general education courses that enable students to earn admission to the university and apply the credits toward their bachelor’s degree. “College completion offers a path t ...

Readiness Academy Offers Low-Cost, Flexible Credit Pathways to Enter and Complete College This fall, StraighterLine is excited to partner with Rio Salado College, one of the country’s largest community colleges, to give incoming, current, and returning students more affordable and flexible options to complete their general education courses. The Rio Salado Readiness Academy will offer low-cost, online, competency-based courses that help learners efficiently earn credit toward their degree. Rio Salado College, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, serves nearly 50,000 students annually as one of ten Maricopa Community Colleges. It offers over 600 online classes and over 130 degree and certificate programs, with a particular focus on helping st ...

Private, non-profit Northcentral University accepts credits from StraighterLine’s affordable, competency-based courses to help students complete academic requirements for entry  SAN DIEGO, CA (February 3, 2021) -- Going back to college once you’ve dropped out can seem overwhelming. Finding the right program, making time around a full-time job—and then there’s the cost. Yet a college degree is clearly worth it. Bachelor’s degree holders typically earn 66% more than those with a high school diploma, and they are less likely to face unemployment. Despite unprecedented economic uncertainty over the past year, the December unemployment rate for those with bachelor’s degrees or higher was only 3.8%. “Too many students start college ...

Online Academy to Offer Affordable, Flexible General Education Courses GRAMBLING, La. -- November 12, 2020 -- Grambling State University announced today the launch of Grambling Global Academy, a major new initiative to help adults finish their bachelor’s degree through access to low-cost, online courses no matter where they reside. The new initiative is a partnership with StraighterLine, which provides affordable, self-paced courses to help learners persist toward their degree. "The bachelor’s degree represents a lifeline to economic security for millions of workers facing uncertainty during the current economic crisis, and state universities have a responsibility to help working adults with some college and no degree get across the fin ...