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Straighterline New Proctor Policy Change
sanantone Wrote:ACE will be evaluating a few Coursera courses initially. So, for the near future, there will not be enough free ACE-approved courses to replace Straighterline. Another issue some might have with Coursera is that the courses are not self-paced and you have to wait for sessions to start. I'm hoping Saylor gets more courses evaluated by NCCRS and that maybe Udacity will think about ACE or NCCRS evaluation.

I look forward to Coursera getting some of their courses approved. The same for Saylor with NCCRS, although given that this approval isn't as widespread as ACE I wish Saylor would consider go for this one as well. The more these alternatives become available for undergraduate work at least the better it will be for everyone IMO. No more getting into serious debt for a bachelor's degree!
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richardlegal Wrote:Anyone wanting to sue StraighterLine? If you can satisfy all the criteria below, PM me - we have a legitimate case here. It does not cost you anything. I am helping one of my client to prepare a lawsuit.

a) You have bought the course before November 1, 2012.
b) You have passed all the exams (including final) on or after November 1, 2012 - but grandfathered by their announcement that the proctoring did not apply in the first place.
c) StraighterLine asked you to retake all or part of the exams as proctored exam whether you have finished the course or not.

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richardlegal, How do I get a hold of you? Does anybody know of any lawsuits against Straighterline?
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yelper Wrote:richardlegal, How do I get a hold of you? Does anybody know of any lawsuits against Straighterline?

people are willing to sue someone over anything these days...... merica...... Also this is over 2 years old don't hold your breath
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gingerbeefE Wrote:people are willing to sue someone over anything these days...... merica...... Also this is over 2 years old don't hold your breath

There's a 3 year statute of limitation, so the age of the case does not matter. Some states have a longer statute of limitation depending on where you live. There's plenty of time to sue. Plenty of time.
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yelper Wrote:There's a 3 year statute of limitation, so the age of the case does not matter. Some states have a longer statute of limitation depending on where you live. There's plenty of time to sue. Plenty of time.

Cool, have fun sueing for your 300$s because you couldn't pass a proctored open book open notes test.
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gingerbeefE Wrote:Cool, have fun sueing for your 300$s because you couldn't pass a proctored open book open notes test.

Where does it say it's open book and open notes test? I searched everywhere. I don't think it's open book and open notes.
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Online Exam Proctoring Details by Course | StraighterLine It varies by course, actually, but many of them are open book. (And google is your friend - I think it was like the third link when I searched for "straighterline proctoring policies")

But what does it matter? The only way you'd have grounds to sue is if you purchased the course *before* the proctoring policy was in place (Nov 2012), and were for some reason subjected to it anyway (I believe they grandfathered everyone in who'd purchased before that date), *and* had demonstrable damages as a result. Anything you purchased more recently would have been subject to policies and terms of use in effect at the time of purchase. If you didn't like those policies, then you shouldn't have bought the course(s). There's no ground for a suit there.
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Ok. Thank you. I still want to talk to Richardlegal about it. Or another lawyer.
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Um, excuse me?

Where did I lie? I said "It varies by course, actually, but many of them are open book." The link is right there in my post, and here it is again ----> Online Exam Proctoring Details by Course | StraighterLine Those are the policies for each course - it tells you the time limit, what resources are allowed, etc. *Some* are open book, some aren't.

I don't believe that *Straighterline* claims that all proctored exams are open book. It is only grounds for a lawsuit if their actual practices conflict with their stated policies as they're listed on the SL website. As I'm not actually a spokesman for straighterline, any "lies" that I might utter are irrelevant.

I didn't say google during the proctored exam. You said "Where does it say it's open book and open notes test? I searched everywhere. I don't think it's open book and open notes." In reference to *that* question, I googled "straighterline proctoring policies" and found the link that I've now posted in two separate posts.

Now, please check yourself before you call me a liar again. I don't appreciate it.

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ETA: Since yelper edited their post to remove their vitriol against me, this post no longer makes sense in context.
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Leherself Wrote:Um, excuse me?

Where did I lie? I said "It varies by course, actually, but many of them are open book." The link is right there in my post, and here it is again ----> Online Exam Proctoring Details by Course | StraighterLine Those are the policies for each course - it tells you the time limit, what resources are allowed, etc. *Some* are open book, some aren't.

I don't believe that *Straighterline* claims that all proctored exams are open book. It is only grounds for a lawsuit if their actual practices conflict with their stated policies as they're listed on the SL website. As I'm not actually a spokesman for straighterline, any "lies" that I might utter are irrelevant.

I didn't say google during the proctored exam. You said "Where does it say it's open book and open notes test? I searched everywhere. I don't think it's open book and open notes." In reference to *that* question, I googled "straighterline proctoring policies" and found the link that I've now posted in two separate posts.

Now, please check yourself before you call me a liar again. I don't appreciate it.

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ETA: Since yelper edited their post to remove their vitriol against me, this post no longer makes sense in context.

You sure are nicer than me, yelper comes off as the kind of guy that would try to sue because he saw two other people get into an accident. He is gonna spend more than he spent on SL classes on a lawyer. Oh. and Richardlegal posted 3 years ago. pretty sure the case is over with if he went though with it.

Between me and my wife we have taken 22 Straightline courses + I have 3 more to take Once I get some stuff approved. When all is said and done that will be 75 College credits between the 2 of us. For under the cost of 2 actual courses at a B&m or online school. The courses are not hard, cut your losses and retry the classes. If you did take it before the 2012 cutoff, try talking with the people who work at SL, you may still be able to avoid using their free proctor.
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