Online education officers respond that online programs face steep startup costs and need expensive technology specialists and infrastructure. In a separate survey of faculty by the consulting firm ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- StraighterLine, an online education platform that makes it easy for students to take virtual courses for college credit, announced today its new ...

Getty Images; photo collage NPR Emma Bittner considered getting a master’s degree in public health at a university near her home in Austin, Texas. But the in-person program cost tens of thousands of ...

Over half of students say the cost of course materials has caused them to take fewer courses or not register for a specific course, according to the National Course Materials Survey 2023. The survey, ...

If you had $100 or less, what would be the first thing you would do with it? Go out to eat dinner? Buy yourself something special? Save it, perhaps? You would do well to consider that the best ...

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else. Emma Bittner considered getting a master's degree in public health at a university near her home in ...