Monday, December 21, 2009

StraighterLine Course Material Provider Wins Prestigious Awards

StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com), a new online apprenticeship band-aid that provides acceptance a top quality, bigger supported, and lower amount way to access academy credits through regionally accepted colleges and universities, has appear that McGraw-Hill, a arch all-around provider of cyberbanking and book articles for the pre-K through 12th grade, college apprenticeship and able markets and advance actual provider for StraighterLine, has won awards in the Software and Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 23rd Annual CODiE Awards competition. McGraw-Hill won “Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution” and “Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution.”

This is the additional after year a aggregation associated with StraighterLine has won a CODiE Award. SMARTHINKING, a bazaar baton in accouterment online apprenticeship and bookish abutment to students, won in 2007 for “Best Instruction for Students at Home.” This accustomed the aggregation as the best educational technology arrangement that extends acceptable acquirements in the home.

McGraw-Hill and SMARTHINKING accommodate the aggregation with advance actual and online educators, respectively. McGraw-Hill provides advance actual for StraighterLine’s four entry-level class courses area acclaim can be transferred: College Algebra, English Composition, Economics 101 and Accounting 101. SMARTHINKING provides accomplished and accomplished online educators who are the primary advisory acquaintance for students. All of the educators have to auspiciously complete a accurate online training affairs and are accountable to on-going appraisal and able development activities. The advisers are accessible 24/7, seven canicule a week.

StraighterLine allows acceptance to accept acclaim from the company’s regionally accepted accomplice colleges or allows acceptance to alteration to non-partner colleges that admit StraighterLine’s courses as agnate programs. The company’s accomplice colleges cover Fort Hays State University, Jones International University, Potomac College and a lot of afresh Grand Canyon University, a clandestine non-denominational Christian University in Phoenix, Ariz.

Additional advice on the StraighterLine affairs can be begin at www.straighterline.com or by visiting the StraighterLine blog at www.mmimarketing.com/blog/?author=straighterline.

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“We are appreciative to accomplice with two award-winning companies to accommodate our acceptance with aberrant advance material,” said Ryan Busch, administrator of StraighterLine. “We feel that partnering with these avant-garde and above companies will enhance our programs and advance the bookish abutment StraighterLine offers its students.”

“These awards accentuate McGraw-Hill’s adeptness to bear the actual best educational casework to acceptance and educators through the use of cutting-edge technology and high-quality, accurate content,” said Ed Stanford, admiral of McGraw-Hill Higher Education. “Online apprenticeship is acceptable an basic allotment of today’s university system, and McGraw-Hill Higher Education, with these award-winning online courses and an arrangement of added agenda offerings, is at the beginning of this trend.”

“The CODiE Award is a abundant account for SMARTHINKING,” said Dr. Chuck Kleiner, carnality admiral of SMARTHINKING sales and marketing. “It confirms our eyes that top above bookish abutment can be delivered on-demand, anywhere and at any time, via the Internet.”

About StraighterLine:
StraighterLine provides acceptance with a new online advantage for accepting appropriate academy credits from accepted colleges and universities. StraighterLine’s affordable courses are the aboriginal to cover up to 24/7 live, on-demand instruction. StraighterLine offers six entry-level academy courses, including College Algebra, English Composition I, Accounting I, Accounting II, Economics I: Macroeconomics and Economics II: Microeconomics, and two adorning courses, with abounding added planned. StraighterLine acceptance may accept to accept acclaim from StraighterLine’s regionally accepted accomplice colleges. Student-earned credits may aswell be communicable to non-partner colleges that admit StraighterLine’s partner’s courses as agnate programs. There are no set due dates for StraighterLine courses. Students may alpha and stop at any point with up to six months of access. StraighterLine offers two arresting appraisement programs; alone courses amount alone $399, cover 10 hours of one-on-one advisory support, and acquiesce up to six months of access; and the StraighterLine for $99 program: a $99 per ages cable with no added start-up costs which includes absolute acceptance to any and all courses one at a time, additional 10 absolute hours of one-on-one advisory support, with no minimum or best time absolute for advance completion. For added information, appointment www.straighterline.com or alarm 202-507-7020 or 1-877-str8erline (1-877-787-8375).

About SMARTHINKING:
SMARTHINKING is the bazaar baton in accouterment online apprenticeship and bookish abutment to students. Their casework were accustomed with the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE accolade for Best Instruction Solution for Students at Home. Schools, colleges, universities, libraries, government agencies, arbiter publishers and added apprenticeship providers accomplice with SMARTHINKING to access apprentice accomplishment and enhance learning. SMARTHINKING connects acceptance to e-structor®-certified advisers for abetment in math, writing, science and business, up to 24/7, on any Internet affiliated computer. SMARTHINKING’s accumulated appointment is amid in Washington, D.C. For added information, appointment www.smarthinking.com.

About McGraw-Hill Higher Education:
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is a arch provider of teaching and acquirements solutions for the post-secondary and college apprenticeship markets worldwide. It is a assemblage of McGraw-Hill Education, a arch all-around provider of instructional, appraisal and advertence solutions that empower professionals and acceptance of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education, a analysis of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), has offices in 33 countries and publishes in added than 40 languages. Additional advice is accessible at www.mheducation.com.

About CODiE Awards:
The CODiE Awards account outstanding accomplishment and eyes in the software, agenda agreeable and apprenticeship technology industries. It is a peer-recognition program, accouterment an befalling to be accustomed by competitors, and it is the longest-running awards affairs in the software and advice industry, accustomed in 1986 by SIIA. SIIA is the arch barter affiliation for the software and agenda agreeable industry. It provides all-around casework in government relations, business development, accumulated apprenticeship and bookish acreage to arch companies. SIIA works to advance the software and agenda agreeable industry, assure the bookish acreage of affiliate companies and acquaint the industry and the public.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC

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