I’ve been looking into the growth of alternative credit providers like Sophia Learning, Study.com and StraighterLine. A lot of people on Reddit talk about taking credits from courses from these companies. I’m curious how people working in higher education think about all of this.
From what I’ve read on Reddit, universities are actively encouraging students to take courses with these providers.
I wrote an article describing online institutions as finishing schools. That they are ceding the first two years of academic instruction to alternative credit providers that offer inexpensive self paced courses.
The feedback and pushback that I received was that what I wrote was hyperbole, that the usage from these providers was minimal and had reached maturity. That it helps with completion rates, it gives students momentum, but it’s not widely adopted with partner universities.
So for people working at colleges/universities:
- are you seeing greater acceptance or active encouragement of Sophia, Study.com, and StraighterLine
- do you think online institutions will eventually become comfortable outsourcing a much larger portion of general education? How far does this go?
Submitted October 13, 2026 at 08:16AM by TruthHonestyJustice https://ift.tt/iwt5HXD
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