The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat

The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat
ISBN-10
1620400197
ISBN-13
9781620400197
Category
Education
Pages
277
Language
English
Published
2012-09-18
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Author
Dave Tomar

Description

“[A] stunning tale of academic fraud . . . shocking and compelling.”-The Washington Post Dave Tomar wrote term papers for a living. Technically, the papers were “study guides,” and the companies he wrote for-there are quite a few-are completely aboveboard and easily found with a quick web search. For as little as ten dollars a page, these paper mills provide a custom essay, written to the specifics of any course assignment. During Tomar's career as an academic surrogate, he wrote made-to-order papers for everything from introductory college courses to Ph.D. dissertations. There was never a shortage of demand for his services. The Shadow Scholar is the story of this dubious but all-too-common career. In turns shocking, absurd, and ultimately sobering, Tomar explores not merely his own misdeeds but the bureaucratic and cash-hungry colleges, lazy students, and even misguided parents who help make it all possible.

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