StraighterLine has has added five new science courses and four new science professors to its science department, bringing the online college course provider's total number of available science courses ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- StraighterLine, the leading provider of affordable, self-paced college courses and University of the People, the world's first tuition-free, accredited ...

StraighterLine offers online higher education courses in multiple subjects. Course prices start at $79, and the company offers a membership program for $99 a month. StraighterLine has a transfer ...

StraighterLine today announced that it is building a "next generation market" for its low-price online offerings, according to a news release. Burck Smith, the founder and CEO, said via e-mail that ...

As alternatives to the college diploma have been bandied about recently, one question always seems to emerge: How do you validate badges or individual classes as a credential in the absence of a ...

Burck Smith is so far making good on his vision for revamping the way people pay for and complete college courses. His startup company, Straighterline, enables students to pay $99 a month for ...

Imagine if the first year of college, you took courses entirely online and potentially saved yourself thousands of dollars. StraighterLine wants you to imagine that future. Yesterday, I wrote a story ...

The suite of professional development offerings, created with early childhood educators in mind, will roll out as part of StraighterLine's broader "Finish Your Degree ...

A growing number of students are taking courses offered by unaccredited private companies and completing them in a matter of days or weeks — often for less than $200 — and then transferring the ...

It was the fall of 2010, and I was taking an introductory macroeconomics course. As I sat at my computer clicking through the lesson presentation for Chapter Eight: Basic Macroeconomic Relationships, ...