Author/Source: Brian Krebs See the full link here
Takeaway
This article discusses how Russia’s biggest private university has connections to a large business that writes academic papers for students for money. You will learn about the millions of dollars this “essay mill” earns by selling school work to students.
Technical Subject Understandability
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Analogy/Comparison
This situation is like a restaurant selling food that was actually cooked by a different, secret company, making people think the restaurant’s chefs did all the work.
Why It Matters
This matters because it means students might get degrees without actually doing the school work, which makes their education less honest and unfair to those who study hard. The article explains that the essay mill earned over $25 million by providing these papers.
Related Terms
Essay mill. Jargon Conversion: An essay mill is a company that writes school assignments, like essays or theses, for students who pay for them, instead of the students writing them themselves.
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