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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Baltimore-based StraighterLine is piloting a new online option for international students looking to come to college in the U.S. The South Baltimore edtech company created a new program that allows ...

Like most colleges, online institutions are under pressure to improve their graduation rates. Some are getting more selective about which students they admit, turning away those who appear less likely ...

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 ...