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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Credits from StraighterLine courses, which typically cost $49, are honored at partner institutions who later admit the students. Among the company’s partners is Salt Lake City-based Western Governors ...

At a time when a year of college can cost as much as a luxury car, StraighterLine Inc. offers a cheap alternative: online courses starting at $138 a month, or $999 for a year of “101”-style ...

StraighterLine has no such aspiration because so far it has formed partnerships with 21 accredited institutions --a majority of which are online oriented--that award credit for the company's courses.

Burck Smith, the founder and chief executive of StraighterLine, which offers online, self-paced introductory courses, said on Thursday that students would not need to take classes with ...

That’s how a company called StraighterLine, which offers online, self-paced introductory courses, became a darling of the industry—at least in theory.