Straighterline New Proctor Policy Change

[IrishJohn]

We are updating our website in real time, please be patient with forthcoming details and page updates. We are not going to require a bunch of prior students to come in and retake exams. The policy change is preemptive to prevent future cheating. We just reserve the right to identify previous cheating and act accordingly.

Thank you, that's more reasonable. The wording in your original statement made it seem like anyone who finished a bunch of courses quickly would be forced to pay for retaking the finals. That I found to be unacceptable. Real evidence of cheating by an individual past or present is one thing, flagging someone on such an arbitrary basis without evidence and treating them as if they are guilty of cheating is something entirely different. I still think that the changes SL is implementing are unwise and counter-productive to what your company is known for. At the very least forcing everyone taking courses after November 1st to use ProctorU smacks of a money-making scheme and is IMO unreasonable because many of your partner colleges don't require this. Yet even more important, many online colleges allow the use of acceptable third-party proctors besides ProctorU, which in my case has usually been Strayer University. By using SU I spent only $20 each time I needed a proctor and no one had access to my personal computer, something I'm extremely leery of allowing. Some folks also use their local public library, which should be an acceptable source for proctoring. I'd strongly suggest taking all of this into consideration.