Straighterline partnering with TESC and Excelsior

[Professor_Adam]

Well, that's my goal. I sent an email to that effect to Jenifer Dehart (dehartj@straighterline.com), whom some of you know from Straighterline.

She says if there's enough evidence of students transferring Straighterline credits (through FHSU or other means) to TESC or Excelsior she can probably work toward getting those schools to partner directly with Straighterline. I think this is a great opportunity for those of us on the boards. She would like those of us that have done this or who are going to do it to email her and let her know.

Here pasted below is our exact conversation:

Jenifer,
Is there any chance that Straighterline can reach agreements to
partner with Excelsior College and Thomas Edison State College soon?
Many of the nontraditional students on this forum (degreeforum.net)
use those colleges. It would be of GREAT benefit if you had
partnerships with those two colleges in particular and many on that
discussion board echo my sentiments. For instance, I would gladly take
ECON I and II and Accounting I right now if I knew they would transfer
directly to TESC because I am working on a B.S. in Business
Administration with them right now. Thanks.

Adam

Her response:

Hi Adam,
I agree it would be awesome if we were able to partner with those
schools you mentioned, because I have heard a few students say they were
eventually sending the credits there. I'm not sure that our marketers
are specifically looking at these schools, but if I could determine how
many students we have had come through here that attend Excelsior and
TESC, that data might encourage them to seek a partnership. I'm going
to talk with our director and see what he thinks about me soliciting
this information from our students.
If you know of specific StraighterLine students who sent their
credits to Excelsior or TESC, let me know their names or emails. I'll
start compiling this info and see what we can do. Thanks for the
encouragement to look into this. Sometimes all people need is a little
push.

-Jenifer

What do you say? Please email Jenifer and let's see if they will get direct partnership with TESC and Excelsior!
Jenifer's email is dehartj@straighterline.com

[pcs]

Just sent an e-mail to add my 2 cents worth. If they could get this done I would jump up and down with joy!!hilarious

[Professor_Adam]

Just sent an e-mail to add my 2 cents worth. If they could get this done I would jump up and down with joy!!hilarious

Yeah I totally agree. I told Jenifer this could be pretty big for them because so many of us "nontraditional" types love the "big-3." Anything that makes using our credits with TESC and EC is a welcome change. I sent her my email as well. Hopefully many, many more IC users chime in with Jenifer.

[a4tunatemom]

I think this would be great!

Danielle

[soupbone]

Just sent an e-mail to add my 2 cents worth. If they could get this done I would jump up and down with joy!!hilarious

After reading the straighterline website I think this would be a great move. My only suggestion would be that if straighterline is serious about this venture they need to add quite a few more courses which it does appear they are doing. Looks good though.

[pcs]

Anyone out there, on average how long does it take to complete a course from straighterline?

[Professor_Adam]

Anyone out there, on average how long does it take to complete a course from straighterline?

It's possible to complete many of their courses in less than a month, which would cost you only $99. I did the college algebra course in three days, your results may vary ;-)

[pcs]

very nice thank you

[Gary]

It's possible to complete many of their courses in less than a month, which would cost you only $99. I did the college algebra course in three days, your results may vary ;-)

My two cents is that ALEKS is the cheaper, quicker, better way to go, especially if you use algebrator, QuickMath and a couple other websites out there. I was done in 4 days and I dreaded Algebra. But if your looking for a letter grade and you think you can pull a good one, Straighterline might be the way to go. And if you can knock out a couple more for 99 bucks, that's also something to think about. Personally, I don't think Excelsior will go for it. Partnering and accepting credit are two different animals, time will tell.

[norema]

You would be able to get a letter grade through from straighterline by way of FHSU?