Saylor.org & StraighterLine: Straightening Pathways For Students

Here’s the latest news from the Saylor Foundation’s partnership with StraighterLine; our continuing mission: making straight the crooked pathways to college credit. This time around, it’s all about numbers. Specifically, statistics. Straighterline’s MAT202 combines our MA121: Introduction to Statistics (free) and a StraighterLine exam ($25 proctoring fee). The course has been “evaluated and recommended by the American […]

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College credit for new TECEP exam aligned to free Modern World History Course

As mentioned last week by Thomas Edison State College in a quick Q&A session here, we have a new addition to our Credit Aligned Courses program — HIST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600-Present). This brings the number of Saylor.org courses which have been vetted and reviewed as free prep for college […]

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Bellevue University: New Transfer Partner and Innovative Leader in Online Education

We are happy to announce yet another partner school willing to accept transfer of Saylor.org’s three NCCRS credit recommended college courses! Our new friends at Bellevue University have joined the ranks of our partners in the higher education space who are committed to the idea of providing students with flexible and affordable degree options. This addition […]

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CUNY/BA Uses Saylor Summer School to Give Students Credit

What’s The Buzz? One the things that most excites us about our Saylor Summer School project is that  our students can potentially pick up some credit through one of our partner schools or many others that are willing to take a look at NCCRS-recommended exams. Our friends at CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies are helping to spread […]

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Saylor Summer School 2013: 10 Weeks, 9 Credits, No Excuses.

We’re pleased to announce an exciting — and experimental! — summer project. Here’s the gist: for the next ten weeks, we’re going to run sessions for three of our best courses — with the possibility of getting real, portable college credit (yeah, with caveats*).  We’d call it a MOOC, but that’s soooo 2012, don’t you […]

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