On 19 Mar 2009 at 13:39, roig-rear...@comcast.net wrote: > the latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education has > published an article titled: "Cheating Goes Global as Essay Mills > Multiply" that attempts to provide an in-depth look at how these > operations work, who owns them, etc
The article provides an interesting view from the outside. For an interesting view from the inside, try: First Person The Term Paper Artist The lucrative industry behind higher ed's failings. By Nick Mamatas The Smart Set October 10, 2008 http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article10100801.aspx Another, much older but still revealing description from the inside is this one, unfortunately not available on the web: This pen for hire: On grinding out papers for college students by "Abigail Witherspoon" [pseudonym], Harper's Magazine, June, 1995, p. 49--57 Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
