[neilv]

> This assumes that the students are untrustworthy and the faculty/institution are ultimately trusted.

True. This proposal requires expecting and requiring the faculty to have integrity.

And you really need the college/university as a whole to commit to this, not just isolated professors, partly so that there can be no confusion by students.

(Some battle-scarred faculty and grad students could tell speak of entire departments that need to be shut down completely, because the administration and faculty are too far gone. I think you could never do this with one of those departments. You'd only get posturing, and the same arrogant and underhanded behaviors as before, and students would briefly be a little confused, but quickly realize that the old sketchy game-playing is still fully on.)

[JoshTriplett]

> True. This proposal requires expecting and requiring the faculty to have integrity.

Not just integrity, but also consistency, objectivity, absence of caprice or bias...