Straighterline New Proctor Policy Change

[Publius]

If anything this policy change by SL, along with the damage control its reps have been engaging in, have made me rethink what I would do if I needed any of the courses they offer. SL's reps here have talked about how their courses provide opportunities for folks to take their time in completing them at a cheaper cost than regular college courses. There is still some truth to that. However, given their limited transferrability along with the new proctoring requirements and the prospect of turning one's own personal computer over to a stranger for the finals, it seems to me a better approach to obtaining these credits is warranted. Seems to me that it would be wiser to take the FREE course at Saylor.org (or other similar site), use IC and other online resources and then just take the CLEP or DSST. That is even cheaper than SL without the nonsense and the credits earned are far more transferrable. After all, you have to take a proctored exam whether you use SL or take the CLEP/DSST exams so why not go for the latter now? $100 max (including proctor fee) in most cases for each CLEP/DSST exam vs. at least $139 for SL's less transferrable ACE-approved course. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Exactly! Beforehand. SL was much more competitive with the CLEPs, DSSTs, and even LSU IS courses (don't forget PER course, they're each the same price, $400). Now, CLEP and DSST has regained the lead.


I meant to reply to your other post as well early. Sorry for the delay.

I'm assuming that at least a pass on the final exam will be required or folks will be able to do exactly as you say here. If SL hasn't figured this out yet I'm sure they will shortly. Giving more weight to the final would probably solve that. I don't have a problem with that, it's mainly that the way they went about making their changes in policy raised a helluva lot of red flags for me - not to mention that I found it to be an extremely offensive attack on my integrity. I mean heck, they encouraged folks to take as many courses as they wanted to in a month-billing cycle but saying one can be flagged for that later on as possible evidence of cheating well, that was a bit much IMO.

If they do give more weight to finals or have to change something. It just goes to show, once again, how poorly thought out and executed they did this.