American College of Education Expands Degree Pathways with Study.com Partnership

American College of Education (ACE), an online institution specializing in education, leadership, business, healthcare and nursing programs, has partnered with Study.com to offer adult learners affordable pathways to a college degree. Students using Study.com's online College Accelerator platform can transfer up to 60 college credits to ACE, helping cut down the time and cost of earning a degree.

Study.com offers more than 220 fully online courses across a variety of subjects. The courses feature short video lessons, study tools, quizzes and access to subject-matter experts for help. All courses are reviewed by the American Council on Education and National College Credit Recommendation Service to be recommended for college credit.

"At Study.com, our partners share a belief that education should be accessible," said Sonia Munoz, Study.com's vice president of partnerships and growth, in a statement. "This partnership with American College of Education exemplifies that important mission, expanding accessibility and bringing opportunity for more adult students to pursue an affordable college degree."

"Our mission at ACE is to deliver high-quality, accessible, online education programs," commented Shawntel Landry, ACE President. "This partnership with Study.com supports that mission and underscores our commitment to providing affordable and convenient opportunities for students to advance their education."

About the Author

Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology, THE Journal, and Spaces4Learning. She can be reached at [email protected].

Featured

  • stylized illustration of people conversing on headsets

    AI and Our Next Conversations in Higher Education

    Ryan Lufkin, the vice president of global strategy for Instructure, examines how the focus on AI in education will move from experimentation to accountability.

  • AI word on microchip and colorful light spread

    Microsoft Unveils Maia 200 Inference Chip to Cut AI Serving Costs

    Microsoft recently introduced Maia 200, a custom-built accelerator aimed at lowering the cost of running artificial intelligence workloads at cloud scale, as major providers look to curb soaring inference expenses and lessen dependence on Nvidia graphics processors.

  • large group of college students sitting on an academic quad

    Student Readiness: Learning to Learn

    Melissa Loble, Instructure's chief academic officer, recommends a focus on 'readiness' as a broader concept as we try to understand how to build meaningful education experiences that can form a bridge from the university to the workplace. Here, we ask Loble what readiness is and how to offer students the ability to 'learn to learn'.

  • Blue metallic mesh fabric folds

    Microsoft Acquires Osmos for Agentic AI Data Engineering

    In a strategic move to reduce time-consuming manual data preparation, Microsoft has acquired Seattle-based startup Osmos, specializing in agentic AI for data engineering.