On September 1, the central office updated that announcement to include the following:

The Office of Legal Affairs (OGC) has reviewed the Terms and Conditions of several online testing application services and it is OGC’s position that faculty cannot compel students to accept the corresponding tools “Terms and Conditions” and that in the event students do not accept the terms, faculty must provide students reasonable assessment accommodations to demonstrate they meet the course learning requirements. (Source)

In other words, the central office concluded that [Faculty/Staff] may not compel students to participate in online proctoring.

I want to Thank Baruch Provost Jim McCarthy, for a clear update to Faculty and Students about proctoring. Thank you for involving the students in searching for an alternative to online proctoring. Full Message

We encourage all CUNY schools to involve student leaders in the search for alternatives to online proctoring and to notify the students that they are not required to accept the terms and conditions of any online proctoring software.


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