StraighterLine, an online education platform that makes it easy for students to take virtual courses for college credit, announced today its new partnership with Point Park University in Pittsburgh, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

We check in with the growing Federal Hill edtech startup, which offers non-accredited college courses for nontraditional students. CEO Burck Smith says the market is validating his model.

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 ...

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 ...

StraighterLine, the edtech startup that allows students to pay just $99 per month for introductory college courses, will enable “college professors to pitch their own courses” starting in November, ...