12-17-2013, 09:10 AM
ironheadjack Wrote:Off-topic.
Has anyone confirmed that ALEKS losing their ACE accreditation a few months back was because ALEKS needed to make changes to their proctoring policy?? Or is that just speculation?
I think it's more likely that the lady in payroll forgot to send in the ACE renewal check.....why after 14 years of ACE accreditation would ACE suddenly want to make drastic changes to the ALEKS system.
It's just speculation. Last year StraighterLine had to start using proctoring, so I think that is the source of this speculation. However, ALEKS was bought by McGraw Hill several months ago, so this could just be the new company not wanting to shell out more money -- nobody really knows.
For what it's worth, I'm pretty much in agreement with Cookderosa. I don't want to be the "cheat police," but I do think cheaters are screwing it up for for everyone else. With that said, while working through pie sections, I did use Mathway to double-check my work AFTER I did the work myself by hand, so I'm not really one to talk. I can live with myself, but I was technically cheating.
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