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For Immediate Release October 1, 2013 BALTIMORE, MD – StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com) announced today that Envision Healthcare, a leader in the development and implementation of responsive, compassionate and innovative healthcare solutions , is offering StraighterLine courses to  employees and their immediate family members as an option for their education. Through this partnership employees have the opportunity to advance their careers and pay less for college, an increasingly valuable benefit given today’s skyrocketing costs of education. StraighterLine’s extremely flexible self-paced online college courses also provide employees the ability to take and complete classes on their own schedule, helping ease the burden of ba ...

For Immediate Release August 15, 2013 StraighterLine and Ashoka’s Youth Venture Partner to Train Social Entrepreneurs to Start Changing the World BALTIMORE, MD – StraighterLine (www.StraighterLine.com) announced today that they have partnered with Ashoka’s Youth Venture, the global pioneer of the social entrepreneurship sector and the world’s biggest network of changemakers, to offer an innovative “Startups For Social Entrepreneurs Certificate” Program. Youth Venture is an initiative of Ashoka, the global pioneer of the social entrepreneurship sector, that inspires and supports teams of young people to launch and lead their own civic-minded organizations and businesses. The partnership is intended to provide future social ...

For Immediate Release BALTIMORE, MD (July 18, 2013) –Starting today StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com) offers an ICD-10 Foundations package of Anatomy & Physiology and Medical Terminology courses to better prepare medical coders for the ICD-10 exam. Medical billers and coders face significantly expanded international coding standards (ICD-10) that require new certification. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), the two largest associations of medical coders, both recommend that students take these foundational courses prior to ICD-10 training.  AHIMA also approved continuing education units for the online, tutor-supported StraighterLine course ...

For Immediate Release BALTIMORE, MD – StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com) announced today that Wisconsin Lutheran College (http://WLCdegrees.com) has joined their rapidly expanding network of partner colleges, which now includes many of the leading faith based and adult-focused institutions of higher learning. Now WLC will accept credits earned from StraighterLine’s entry-level online courses in the areas of business, English, humanities, mathematics, science, and languages. Wisconsin Lutheran College understands that the needs of an adult learner are not the same as those of the traditional undergraduate college student. In addition, adult learners have benefited from years of life experience and are seeking an education that ...

For Immediate Release June 19, 2013 Northwestern State University of Louisiana Partners with StraighterLine to Serve Working Adults and Students in the Military BALTIMORE, MD – StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com) announced today that Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSULA) (http://www.nsula.edu/) has joined their growing network of partner colleges. Nationally recognized as both an adult friendly and top military friendly university, NSULA is a welcome addition to StraighterLine’s partner school network, which now includes many of the leading adult-focused institutions of higher learning. StraighterLine and NSULA share similar missions. Northwestern State University of Louisiana’s CALL program is designed for the ...