Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Tuesday, March 26, 2002

http://www.uwiretoday.com/computing032502001.html

Web sites help last-minute procrastinators while other students cash in
By Chris Townsend & Joe Friedman, FSView & Florida Flambeau (Florida State U.)

(U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Buying papers online isn't as uncommon as students may think. Sites such as Papers for Less offer college students what most sites can't: clear access to student-written papers (with grades) that can be downloaded and submitted at the student's discretion, at a cost ranging from $3 to $20.... While the students who buy the papers get most of the attention (when they are caught for plagiarism), there are just as many students selling. These paper-pushers are a forgotten part of the equation. Paper-peddlers add new meaning to the term "professional student." For some, it's an added bonus getting money for something on which they worked hard for class, a monetary cherry on top of their A-plus ice cream....

 



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