Interesting stuff. I wonder if people on tips have many of these kinds of problems? I have paper requirements that are not easily the kinds of things one can purchase: Research reports that the students conduct in research classes with a number of drafts, specific applications of social psych to specific local situations, and narrow reviews of psych research journals. All of these can pose problems regarding some plagiarism, but not the kind of things that essay mills can easily handle. Maybe we should ask, what kinds of papers are more appropriate? Does anyone really require the old-fashioned global, general term paper these days? Just wonderin' Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu >>> <sbl...@ubishops.ca> 3/19/2009 9:39 pm >>> 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) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
