Straighterline New Proctor Policy Change

[Ace_King]

I understand that Straighterline is trying to be much more “trustworthy” to the public. I guess many critics of Straighterline don’t like Straighterlines format. Straighterline wants a good perception in the public, so people don’t think these online course are easy or just an easy source of credit. I understand that implementing these new rules might silence some of the critics in thinking that Straighterline is some sort of fly by credit organization that one can earn credits. But here are a few problems I don’t agree with. First, Straighterline should stick to the old rules. If a partner college requires proctored examinations for a Straighterline course than so be it. If a college like WGU requires proctored examinations than let Straighterline enforce that rule for that college. The student is aware of the rules if he or she picks WGU. Another thing is that, one only has about 28 days to complete the course. Not technically 30 days and if you enroll in a course on a Sunday and never receive an email of your access key it could be 27 days instead of 28. If one is trying to complete as many courses as possible within the last week and is hit with this policy this is going to delay the students progress and be more expensive. It will be an additional $99 for another month if one is hit with this policy on the last week. One would have to schedule a proctor from ProctorU and wait more days and cut off his or hers schedule to find time to take this “proctored” examination. So for instance, if I am trying to cram up College Algebra and Business Communications within the last week and if I don’t finish the course by 10/10 and get hit by this policy the day before, they will bill me another $99 for the next month.