Straighterline New Proctor Policy Change

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I could get on board with this if I felt the proctoring was truly an academic credibility issue, TESC is an accredited college, SL not at all. As it has been discussed, what good is proctoring an open book final? How is that more credible? I consider myself exceptional at finding information via searches, so if I am allowed an ebook that is context search-able, and 2 hours of time, I guarantee I can pass any final whether or not I know the material or not. So it would be possible for me to pass all the quizzes via illicit activities, then take the so called proctored final and not even need a good grade to get credit I don't deserve. Sure I can let them control "my machine", but what stops me from using my 3 other local computers and access to my personal servers. There is nothing that could stop me, or anyone for that matter, from defeating this half assed effort of increasing "academic credibility". There will always be cheaters, not much you can do about it, but they needed to take it further, but also not force people to use a specific service that has security implications.

I think Straighterline's move to proctored exams is long overdue. TESC uses ProctorU for its exams so why shouldn't Straighterline?
Straighterline's costs are still competitive and I still recommend them as long as there is no CLEP or DSST exam that covers the content or if the student has failed the CLEP test already.
Students should focus more on learning and less on the logistics of proving that learning. ProctorU is a little invasive but we need to get beyond that because a lot of schools use it now.

The cost is not a minimum of 49+99 per course as long as you can complete more than one course in a month. I always recommend that people buy the required textbook prior to enrolling and read through the book. Then pay the fee and begin taking the tests.
I finished three courses in a month this way for a good total cost per test.