Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines

Re:Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance m... by augustocallejas on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @08:36PM (#21881535)

> Fortunately, I attended a college (Caltech) that as institute policy did not take attendance and no part of the grade was based on attendance.

I attended Caltech (BS '01) and given that they allowed us to take exams home with us, it would have been surprising if a professor took attendance. This was part of the overall honor code (http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/explore/about-caltech/hono...) that looking back, I really appreciated as a student.

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Re:Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance m... by BalinKing on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @09:55PM (#21881779)

Currently attending Caltech (BS ‘22) and thankfully it is still the same way now. If nothing else, it helps a little to take the edge off of the rigor and difficulty (at least, in my opinion). Specifically, if my finals are going to be ~4 hours long each, at least I can choose when and where to do them :-)

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Re:Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance m... by WalterBright on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @11:30PM (#21882026)

Nice to see that Caltech still operates that way! The Honor System there had a very large and positive influence on my later career and interactions with others.

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