In November, Technically Baltimore reported that StraighterLine founder and CEO Burck Smith had something big hiding up his sleeve. OK, so IT — a tool that would allow college professors to set prices ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Self-employed professor" could soon be an actual job title, thanks to two companies that are helping a small group of college professors market their own online courses, set prices for them and share ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

Most college freshmen at major state schools pay upward of $5,000 annually in tuition and fees alone. And those enrolled at some of the largest and best known online schools such as the University of ...