So I posed this question on the Troy University facebook page in hopes of getting an answer but it appears to be being ignored. I will eventually call them once curiosity gets the better of me but for now I am holding off on that in hopes that the facebook administrators for their page will eventually post some type of answer. However, I figured I would ask here as well. The majority of colleges I have read into in the past that require proctoring for their online class tests allow for military personnel to use a Commissioned officer as a proctor. However, Troy is an exception to this. For whatever reason they require that all tests are proctored at a proctor site(college test center, prometric, etc.), via proctorU, using their recording proctor device, or at a regional military testing center. I remember asking as to a reason behind this back when I first registered and the person I was speaking to said it was due to their accreditation and I accepted that without much questioning at the time. Now that I have sat back and thought it over some more I am back to wondering why. It can't be their accreditation because (at least as far as I know) regional accreditors do not even require proctoring for exams and I know their business accreditation (ACBSP) does not add this requirement as AMU is accredited via the ACBSP and Regionally Accredited and I never once took a proctored exam. Now, is it perhaps due to the fact that I am in a Graduate program thus it has stricter requirements through their accrediting body? Or is it maybe just the school happens to be partnered with ProctorU and has propritary ownership over the Remote Proctor so they get money when either is used? Or is it something else. Anyone with any insight would be great. Hopefully I will have my own answer eventually if the school ever decides to pay attention to their own social networking site. Respectfully Brian
Oh, and just so everyone knows, I am not being impatient here. I posted the question to them on the 24th of July so it has been quite a few days at this point.
I really don't think it has anything at all to do with their accreditation. I've taken many courses that didn't have proctored exams... both in traditional butt-in-seat courses and online courses. I'm guessing they just have some kind of agreement with that Proctor U company that requires (forces) them to use the company for all proctored exams.
Well, I don't know if they have changed; however, when I did my undergraduate degree while on active duty. Only English classes required proctor; I used my education/training officer as my proctor. And they approved him for proctoring my exam.
The person who answered you just probably didn't have a reason to give, and either thinks that accreditation is the likely reason or simply just made something up. I've worked in higher ed (recently switched to K-12), and I heard that line of reasoning far too frequently, when it was just a matter of policy, not of accreditation. In most cases, it was probably just an honest mistake.
I guess someone answering "I Don't know but I will find out for you" is just too much to expect when speaking with a school haha.
