Who is on "our" side?

[ham]

What are you talking about? That you took tests for actual courses?

Planet Earth to moonbase Alpha...do you copy? Yes, I took a few "challenge" exam, I passed (98% each) and was awarded credit as if I had taken the course.

I don't know why you take exception to these tests when it's well known even in the classroom not everybody's equal. Teachers will think twice and then twice again before failing the inept but 'diverse' student out of fear of being clustered as '...ists'. On the other hand, they'll have no problem making things difficult for and failing inconspicuous students they hate for other reasons (EX politics). I have seen that first hand. So we were in a classroom and there was a degree mill running right inside it, for some.
I myself witnessed an interview between a chairperson and a teaching assistant who claimed he had proof several students were guilty of plagiarism. What did the professor do? He first asked who these people were, and once he realized they included 'you know whos', he instructed the assistant to summon these students, tell them he thought they were plagiarizing and to ask them to resubmit the work.
The assistant insisted they should be punished, but the professor concluded saying that'd be unwise.