Wednesday, August 24, 2016

StraighterLine finds support from US Dept. of Education

The online college course provider joins coding academies selected for the Obama administration's $17 million EQUIP program.

A Baltimore edtech company is among a handful of entities selected for a new federal program that’s backing new approaches to higher education.

Under the U.S. Department of Education’s Educational Quality through Innovative Partnerships (EQUIP),StraighterLine will team with a Texas community college to offer its lower-cost online college courses for general education.

For two associate’s degree programs offered at the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), StraighterLine will provide up to 75 percent of the coursework. The prices for those courses will be more in StraighterLine’s realm of $99 per credit.

Read more at Technicial.ly Baltimore

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