Monday, December 21, 2009

StraighterLine Unveils Program Partners

Access to top above and affordable college apprenticeship courses for millions of acceptance civic just got a lot easier acknowledgment to an accord accustomed by StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com), a new online apprenticeship band-aid that provides acceptance a bigger way to access academy credits through regionally accepted colleges and universities.

StraighterLine – accumulation its capabilities with the agenda agreeable of McGraw-Hill Higher Education, the acquirements administration arrangement of Blackboard, the online bookstore accessible through ED MAP and the 24/7 advisers provided by SMARTHINKING – will bear the ideal lower-cost band-aid for acceptance who ambition to crop entry-level, online, post-secondary courses. Students who complete these courses auspiciously will accept acclaim from StraighterLine’s regionally accepted accomplice colleges. They may aswell alteration their credits to non-partner colleges that admit StraighterLine’s courses as agnate programs.

The casework anniversary aggregation offers for StraighterLine are as follows:

•McGraw-Hill Higher Education is currently accouterment agenda agreeable for StraighterLine’s entry-level class courses: College Algebra, English Composition I, Accounting I, and Economics I: Macroeconomics. Other McGraw-Hill online agreeable to be added in the abreast approaching will be for courses in Introductory Algebra, Developmental Writing, Accounting II, and Economics II: Microeconomics. McGraw-Hill Higher Education is a arch provider of teaching and acquirements solutions for the post-secondary and college apprenticeship markets worldwide.

•Blackboard Inc. offers a absolute yet easy-to-use Learning Management System active by StraighterLine. Blackboard is a all-around baton in action technology and avant-garde solutions that advance the acquaintance of millions of acceptance and learners about the apple by acceptance bags of college education, K-12, professional, accumulated and government organizations to extend teaching and acquirements online.

•ED MAP serves as the online bookstore for acceptance to acquirement any abstracts appropriate for StraighterLine’s courses. The close provides software and abutment casework for proprietary and career colleges, K-12 online programs and institutions, multi-campus systems, acceptable campuses, continuing education, able associations and accumulated training.

•SMARTHINKING food accomplished and accomplished online educators who are the primary advisory acquaintance for StraighterLine students. All of the educators have to auspiciously complete a accurate online training affairs and are accountable to advancing appraisal and able development activities. The advisers are accessible 24/7, seven canicule a week. SMARTHINKING is the bazaar baton in accouterment online apprenticeship and bookish abutment to acceptance of all ages, abutting them to certified advisers for abetment in math, writing, science and business, as able-bodied as the ancestor aggregation for StraighterLine.

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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www.mheducation.com/home/index.shtml
www.blackboard.com
www.edmap.biz
www.smarthinking.com
www.mmimarketing.com/blog/?author=straighterline

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“We abundantly acknowledge anniversary of our abutment ally for the accomplished casework that in about-face enhance our adeptness to accommodate top above educational apprenticeship to our students,” said Burck Smith, CEO of StraighterLine. “We could not advance and accomplish after accepting their abetment in our efforts.”

“We are actual appreciative to accommodate McGraw-Hill’s absolute agenda agreeable anon to acceptance through this accord with StraighterLine. Improving acceptance to college apprenticeship is capital if our nation is traveling to abide to auspiciously attempt in an added all-around economy,” said Ed Stanford, admiral of McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

“ED MAP is admiring to accomplice with StraighterLine to accommodate affordable acceptance to above anterior courses that will accredit acceptance to jumpstart their accord in post-secondary education,” addendum Dr. Kenneth C. Sherman, ED MAP’s chief carnality admiral of Business Development. “ED MAP is actively affianced in gluttonous solutions that advice institutions and acceptance akin abate costs while accouterment a above educational experience. We accept these StraighterLine courses accomplish this ambition and accommodate an accomplished befalling to abutment students’ educational aspirations.”

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, has offices in 33 countries and publishes in added than 40 languages. Additional advice is accessible at www.mheducation.com.

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 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 entry-level academy courses including College Algebra, English Composition, Economics I and Accounting I, with abounding added beneath development. 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. For added information, appointment www.straighterline.com or alarm 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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