Straighterline New Proctor Policy Change

[IrishJohn]

In theory you make a valid point. We are trying to add as many guaranteed transfer articulation agreements but it just simply isn't possible to scale to make agreements with everyone. We essentially doubled in guaranteed transfer agreements this year and we are rigorously working on adding others. We believe that requiring proctored final exams will increase our academic integrity and allow us to accelerate the additional schools who will take transfer credit which is beneficial to both us as a company and all of you as the customer.

Since SL isn't a regionally or nationally accredited school, but is instead a private business with agreements with such schools your approach to this still doesn't make much sense. Oh, I agree that increasing your share of the market is wise but not the method of doing so. However, that is how the free market works so SL will have to live with the mistakes I believe it is making and not I. Still, I'd strongly suggest allowing third-party proctors, like college testing centers or the public library, instead of just ProctorU. You are going to scare away a lot of folks who don't want their personal computer turned over to a stranger. I might have still taken some of the SL courses I did even if proctoring had been in place for the finals, but not if I had to use ProctorU. That would made me switch to KCTCS or take the CLEP/DSST exam.