A tale about the Industrialization of Academic Dishonest

The

Proxy Author

Problem

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About the proxy author problem

This blog series is your ‘backstage pass’ into the essay mill industry.

As educators, you probably have seen one side of your students: this blog series brings light to the second. 

Through screenshots, memoirs, interviews and diagrams you will learn how essay mills operate: how they market to students, their internal network, order distribution, what and how students communicate with writers, learn to identify writer and ‘cheater’ archetypes  and much more.

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Chapters

01

Inside an essay mill operation

In this chapter we establish what the problem is, and try to establish the difference between ‘plagiarism’ and ‘proxy authorship’.

We establish that unlike plagiarism, which is an accreditation problem, proxy authorship is a collaboration issue. Since, unlike traditional plagiarism, proxy authorship isn’t a solo-venture but a collaboration.

With this premise in mind, we formalize the ‘4 levels of collaboration’ and develop the changing mindset required to drive better interventions via technology, policy and pedgagogy.

02

Levels of collaboration.

This opening chapters reveals two months of order data, and outline which academic levels, subjects, and deadlines are ‘ordered’ the most.

03

Why I helped students cheat

This chapter reveals my own journey as a freelance

04

Why I stopped helping students cheat

To be released.

05

The dark market of coursework, and jobs that shouldn’t exist.

To be released.

06

Public Risks of Generative AI

To be released.

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