Thomas Edison State University suspended indefinitely Shmoop courses

[jcasillas74]

If we are entitled to nothing else, we are entitled to the approved course list that it was promised they would abide by, originally for that first year of enrollment. At the very least, if you have had course approved and planned into your degree, there should be more time allowed than a month to send in transcripts. The whole point of applying, planning a degree and getting it approved, and then enrolling, is to lock in what they will accept for your degree. If that's not being honored, that's a problem. We are entitled to whatever's left of our year of approval, but even a few months more than what they're giving would be better than this.

I would respectfully disagree. As students, we have a "right" to have our approved degree plans honored. Otherwise, it's a pointless exercise. We also have a right to appeal any policies which we do not agree with, as per TESU's appeals and waivers policy. And if TESU feel that its students -- who are spending thousands of dollars for degrees -- don't have a right to anything, then there's a much bigger problem here than just Shmoop.

I appreciate polite disagreement.

You're painting TESU students with a very broad brush for argument's sake. Students spending "thousands of dollars" is one thing, but I'd wager that the students spending the most amount of money at TESU aren't among us here on this forum. Shmoop is a very unconventional way to pile-up credits cheaply and to some degree, easily. There's no real academic integrity in their system, which gives us as Shmoopers an advantage over brick-and-mortar students grinding our their degree.  Rights to appeal the decision are fine, but nothing here is a birthright. Ultimately, for us to be able to complete a four-year degree this way is a privilege and if the system changes, well.. we can adapt or we can be left behind.

Call and talk to an academic advisor to figure out what the specifics of your situation are. For technicality's sake, no one is enrolled until they begin a class they've paid for.. that's just how it is. Transcript evaluation is a courtesy service.

All good points, but it's insensitive at best to give students a deadline of less than a month to complete courses which had been previously approved by an academic advisor. And as far as Shmoop being an unconventional way to pile up credits cheaply and easily -- I don't disagree. But then again, that's the entire point of credit-by-exam.