Thanks for posting it, Mike. I was not aware of that particular case. But, the story itself should certainly not be surprising given that there seems to be plenty of those who make a living by writing others' papers. And judging by the two articles below, I'd say that this sort of thing has probably been going on for many years.
Tomar, D. (2012). The Shadow Scholar: How I made a living helping college kids cheat. New York, NY: Bloomsbury. An article based on the book is available here: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329/ Witherspoon, A. (1995, June). This pen for hire: On grinding out papers for college students. Harper’s Magazine, pp. 49-58, available at http://www.eacfaculty.org/pchidester/Eng%20102f/Plagiarism/This%20Pen%20for%20Hire.pdf And it may be even worse in other countries (e.g., http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/5/1/2158244015572262). Heck, in some countries, you can even get your name in a paper to be published in a high impact factor biomedical journal, http://www.editage.cn/file/science_2013_hvistendahl_publication_market.pdf). But, even here in North America, if you don't feel like writing your own dissertation you can probably have someone else write it for the right price, https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/dissertations-for-sale/, and I bet a few people who can afford this sort thing are walking around with Ph.D.s in hand. Miguel ________________________________________ From: Mike Palij [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2015 7:19 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] If You're So Dumb, Why Are You Rich? Here is a story that Tipsters might find interesting even though it is in a Murdoch rag (on the NY Post Website): http://nypost.com/2005/10/22/degree-of-stupidity-wal-mart-heir-head-cheated-at-usc/ Two astounding points: (1) The student who had done all of the work had to drop out because she couldn't afford the tuition at USC. (2) The "offending student" had a sports arena named after he at the University of Missouri because the parents gave the university $25 million. This is one of those times one really hope this is a fake news story. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c12d&n=T&l=tips&o=44464 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-44464-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44464-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44478 or send a blank email to leave-44478-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
