Washington-Baltimore/Winona, MN (Mar. 28, 2022) — Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota has partnered with StraighterLine, the leading provider of affordable, online college courses, to create a new pathway for its bachelor completion program. Through this partnership, students can take flexible, low-cost, self-paced online courses through StraighterLine and transfer their credits to complete their degree at Saint Mary’s. Students can choose from 60 general education courses in English, mathematics, health sciences, humanities and social sciences, Spanish, and more.

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Flexibility in how and when students complete their courses is extremely important to today’s ever-changing higher ed population. The resources required to provide students not only with the fl

So many people start college yet never finish. Let’s get them back! While all disengaged students are individuals, there are common characteristics. They have similar reasons for stopping out (life commitments or financial burdens), and for wanting to return (complete a goal or job mobility). In fact, 89% have considered re-enrollment at some point in the past five years. Who are these students and what helps them return?

Trailblazing provider of low-cost courses taps veteran of growth-stage businesses

WASHINGTON, DC/BALTIMORE, MD (MARCH 15, 2022) -- StraighterLine, a student success company that provides scalable and affordable learning pathways to credentials of value, today named Heather Combs as its chief executive officer.

As part of its land-grant mission, Utah State University (USU) has continually sought ways to help all Utahns access educational pathways to economic mobility. USU recognized that some of its applicants weren’t adequately prepared to succeed in college and either did not qualify for admission or struggled after enrolling. Its solution was to create an earned admissions program that offers another pathway for students who do not meet admissions requirements to enroll in the institution.

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Baltimore, MD/Williamsburg, KY (Feb.