TESU no longer accepts courses based on ACE/NCCRS recommendation alone

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Yes, I recall. They were a relatively new provider at the time and it was exciting to see a source of credit that made completing a BA in English at TESU finally possible. But it was short lived.

It just seems like the proctoring issue can't be all there is to it. I mean to this date there are still courses that do not require proctoring. Even some courses at TESU do not require proctoring for that matter lol

TESU won't even recognize courses taken at SDC if they are on an ACE transcript. They MUST be sent by the course provider directly to TESU. So needing to see something on an ACE transcript in one fashion or another in order for it to be deemed "official" also seems unusual. I don't know, maybe there is more to it than that. But then I think of NCCRS courses.

For example, many schools accept direct transcripts from course providers for any NCCRS evaluated courses. All NCCRS courses are evaluated by NCCRS for credit recommendation, but the only way a student can verify completion of the course is via a direct transcript from the provider sent to the school. Unlike ACE, NCCRS does not verify or transcript courses for students. Instead, the transcript is sent directly from the course provider to the school. 

And ACE itself relies on the course providers to "verify" courses submitted to them before adding them to an ACE transcript as far as I am aware. So my curiosity remains. Why would direct verification from Shmoop that a student took a course via a proctored exam, not be considered official? That's the part I don't understand I guess. It just seems odd. Especially given the fact that when Shmoop did require proctoring, TESU still rejected accepting their credits. Are we even sure proctoring is the issue, or could it be the course quality TESU took issue with?