StraighterLine Announces Podcast on "StraighterLine for $99"
Washington, DC, January 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com), a new online education solution that provides students a high-quality, better supported and lower cost way to obtain college credits through regionally accredited colleges and universities, has announced the release of a new podcast discussing “StraighterLine for $99,” an affordable alternative to rising college cost. In the podcast, StraighterLine director Ryan Busch addresses how students are able to access the new plan, as well as the advantages of using this model of education and the cost savings it provides to students compared to tuition payments at traditional colleges or universities. Busch also discusses the details involved when signing up for courses through the “StraighterLine for $99” subscription model and offers further insight on the plan and its long-term impact on the higher education landscape.
The new StraighterLine podcast is available for download at: http://www.mmimarketing.com/files/sl499final.mp3
“StraighterLine for $99” allows for students to access all StraighterLine courses for only $99 per month, with no start-up costs and no minimum or maximum time limit for course completion. Students can select any one StraighterLine course at a time. Upon completing a course, students may begin a new course with no additional costs. Students who complete a StraighterLine course can choose to receive credit from one of StraighterLine’s five regionally accredited partner colleges. Student-earned credits may also be transferable to non-partner colleges that recognize StraighterLine’s partner’s courses as equivalent programs. The combined costs of either approach will save students thousands of dollars as compared the current estimates the College Board provided for both public and private colleges and universities.
StraighterLine is a division of SMARTHINKING (www.smarthinking.com). The company was recently listed in BusinessWeek Magazine as a “disruptive education technology” and has received media coverage from The Chronicle for Higher Education, eSchoolNews and the Washington Business Journal, among others. Additional information on the StraighterLine program can be found at www.straighterline.com.
“We are excited to release this podcast on “StraighterLine for $99,” said Busch. “This program will serve as a new model in the higher education system that offers affordable solutions to an ongoing problem for students in our country.”
About StraighterLine:
StraighterLine provides students with a new online option for obtaining required college credits from accredited colleges and universities. StraighterLine’s affordable courses are the first to include up to 24/7 live, on-demand instruction. StraighterLine offers six entry-level college courses, including College Algebra, English Composition I, Accounting I, Accounting II, Economics I: Macroeconomics and Economics II: Microeconomics, and two developmental courses, with many more planned. StraighterLine students may choose to receive credit from StraighterLine’s regionally accredited partner colleges. Student-earned credits may also be transferable to non-partner colleges that recognize StraighterLine’s partner’s courses as equivalent programs. There are no set due dates for StraighterLine courses. Students may start and stop at any point with up to six months of access. StraighterLine offers two remarkable pricing programs; individual courses cost only $399, include 10 hours of one-on-one instructional support, and allow up to six months of access; and the StraighterLine for $99 program: a $99 per month subscription with no additional start-up costs which includes unlimited access to any and all courses one at a time, plus 10 total hours of one-on-one instructional support, with no minimum or maximum time limit for course completion. For more information, visit www.straighterline.com or call 202-507-7020 or 1-877-str8erline (1-877-787-8375).
Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC
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The new StraighterLine podcast is available for download at: http://www.mmimarketing.com/files/sl499final.mp3
“StraighterLine for $99” allows for students to access all StraighterLine courses for only $99 per month, with no start-up costs and no minimum or maximum time limit for course completion. Students can select any one StraighterLine course at a time. Upon completing a course, students may begin a new course with no additional costs. Students who complete a StraighterLine course can choose to receive credit from one of StraighterLine’s five regionally accredited partner colleges. Student-earned credits may also be transferable to non-partner colleges that recognize StraighterLine’s partner’s courses as equivalent programs. The combined costs of either approach will save students thousands of dollars as compared the current estimates the College Board provided for both public and private colleges and universities.
StraighterLine is a division of SMARTHINKING (www.smarthinking.com). The company was recently listed in BusinessWeek Magazine as a “disruptive education technology” and has received media coverage from The Chronicle for Higher Education, eSchoolNews and the Washington Business Journal, among others. Additional information on the StraighterLine program can be found at www.straighterline.com.
“We are excited to release this podcast on “StraighterLine for $99,” said Busch. “This program will serve as a new model in the higher education system that offers affordable solutions to an ongoing problem for students in our country.”
About StraighterLine:
StraighterLine provides students with a new online option for obtaining required college credits from accredited colleges and universities. StraighterLine’s affordable courses are the first to include up to 24/7 live, on-demand instruction. StraighterLine offers six entry-level college courses, including College Algebra, English Composition I, Accounting I, Accounting II, Economics I: Macroeconomics and Economics II: Microeconomics, and two developmental courses, with many more planned. StraighterLine students may choose to receive credit from StraighterLine’s regionally accredited partner colleges. Student-earned credits may also be transferable to non-partner colleges that recognize StraighterLine’s partner’s courses as equivalent programs. There are no set due dates for StraighterLine courses. Students may start and stop at any point with up to six months of access. StraighterLine offers two remarkable pricing programs; individual courses cost only $399, include 10 hours of one-on-one instructional support, and allow up to six months of access; and the StraighterLine for $99 program: a $99 per month subscription with no additional start-up costs which includes unlimited access to any and all courses one at a time, plus 10 total hours of one-on-one instructional support, with no minimum or maximum time limit for course completion. For more information, visit www.straighterline.com or call 202-507-7020 or 1-877-str8erline (1-877-787-8375).
Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC
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