Outsource Term Paper Grading to India ??? Already Happening

This fascinating little item in “The Choice,” the New York Times regular feature on different aspects of Higher Education,

This fascinating little item in “The Choice,” the New York Times regular feature on different aspects of Higher Education,

This fascinating little item in “The Choice,” the New York Times regular feature on different aspects of Higher Education,

cites a report that reveals how a Washington DC area company is outsourcing the grading of college and graduate school level term papers to Asia – [br]

notably India and Singapore, where English is an / the official language respectively.

Why ?

The usual reasons: the combination of high educational achievement + native facility in English + MUCH lower wages than in the US. [br]

And while the item itself isn’t too long, be sure to check out the more than 100 comments,

which reveal a great deal about current American / global views on higher education / out-sourcing / “globalization” in general / and their complex inter-relationship.

Wave of the future 😉 ???