We think college should be affordable and low risk. Everybody should get to go.
- Dr. Amy Smith, Chief Learning Officer, StraighterLine
There are 36 million Americans who have some college credit but no degree. StraighterLine aims to change that by supporting degree completion for non-traditional, returning adult students.
âThey started, they stopped, they had lives, they went back to workâall the myriad reasons why people start and stop college,â observes Smith. âHow do you get them back into college and have them be successful? How do you make it low risk, low cost and unburdensome?â
Through strategic partnerships with universities, StraighterLine makes degree completion more affordable and accessible for pre-college, at-risk or stopped-out college students. StraighterLineâs new, private-labeled Academy programs are developed with university administrators and offer an online suite of courses and services delivered under the partner schoolâs
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NSU
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, devastating weather events and a massive shift in operations and day-to-day procedures, Northwestern State University enrolled a record number of students in 2020, introduced new degree programs and developed innovative ways to ensure the continuation of learning in a year fraught with uncertainties. “2020 was a year in which we had no choice but to introduce new and ground-breaking ways of living, learning and helping our communities,” said NSU President Dr. Chris Maggio. “Making hard decisions in unpredictable circumstances is always difficult, but we were guided by maintaining the health and safety of our university family and how we could help those in need.”
LAKE CHARLES â The sounds of progress on McNeese State Universityâs campus come these days from trades people and heavy equipment. If you hear the persistent hum of motors and clatter of construction around the core of campus, thatâs a good thing.
COVID-19 with all its demands on social distancing, course delivery and student satisfaction was just one imposing challenge for the McNeese community in the fall semester. Then Hurricane Laura smacked the campus with Category 4 winds of 150 mph Aug. 27, and Hurricane Delta, with up to 20 inches of rain in Calcasieu Parish, followed on Oct. 9. Laura tore or ripped off 50 roofs; Delta poured water into buildings. Talk about unruly visitors.