StraighterLine Makes It Easy to Get an Affordable Degree at Saint Joseph's College
Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) September 25, 2015 -- Saint Joseph's College has partnered with StraighterLine, a leading provider of low-cost online general education courses, to give students an affordable degree pathway to Saint Joseph’s online degree programs. Through this partnership, Saint Joseph's expands on its commitment as a pioneer in career-focused educational program design and delivery, learner-centered education, and contextualized learning.
Says Burck Smith, StraighterLine’s founder and CEO, “Student debt is crippling, and the high price of college closes doors for students. Together, Saint Joseph's College and StraighterLine are committed to lowering the cost of college for adult students in Maine and around the world.”
Lynne Robinson, Dean of Admissions at Saint Joseph’s College, strongly supports the new relationship and says, “Saint Joseph’s College online degree programs offer students a chance to start or advance their careers and to become critical thinkers and problem-solvers in an increasingly complex world. We welcome this connection with StraighterLine to help working adults increase their educational opportunities at a lower cost.”
StraighterLine and Saint Joseph's College are partnering to provide students with online courses that are engineered to increase student success, and count for credit towards an affordable Saint Joseph's College online degree.
Flexible Degree Options for Career-Focused Students
Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Joseph's College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college for men and women of all faiths and ages. The 474-acre campus, on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine, is in view of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range of the White Mountains.
Saint Joseph's College’s programs are designed to prepare students for career success, including:
● Challenging academic programs in the liberal arts and sciences, education, nursing, and business,
● Faculty members committed to teaching and ongoing professional study, and
● Emphasis placed on learning both inside and outside of the classroom.
Direct Degree Pathway to Help Students Save on Total Cost of Degree
StraighterLine and Saint Joseph's College have created a flexible degree pathway that can help students save significantly on the total cost of their college degree. Based on course-to-course equivalency, the partnership creates a direct degree pathway to Saint Joseph's College for StraighterLine students.
Through this degree path, all approved general education courses completed at StraighterLine are guaranteed to transfer to Saint Joseph's College’s online bachelor’s degree programs if a C or better is earned in the courses.
About Saint Joseph's College
Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic college, providing a supportive, personalized, and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 474-acre campus on the shore of Sebago Lake, the college offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College also provides certificates, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees for working adults through its online offerings. Approximately 3,000 students, who reside throughout the United States and in more than 20 other countries, are active in online programs. For more information, visit http://www.sjcme.edu.
StraighterLine solves the number one issue facing students today – the skyrocketing cost of college – with low-cost, high quality courses that prepare students for success. Serving over 15,000 students a year, StraighterLine combines a $99 a month college course subscription with guaranteed credit pathways to accredited degree programs to save up to 60 percent on the total cost of a degree.
StraighterLine takes the worry out of transfer with a College Savings Network of over 90 accredited colleges that guarantee credit acceptance of StraighterLine courses.
Having been evaluated and recommended by the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT), StraighterLine courses will also be considered by more than 2,000 other colleges and universities for transfer to their degree programs upon request. For more information, visit http://www.straighterline.com.
Beth Dumbauld, StraighterLine, http://www.StraighterLine.com, +1 (443) 842-5826, [email protected]
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