Essay Writing Mills

So cheating's a hot-button topic at any college campus you go to, but the logistics of it are often lost in rhetorical debating. This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education tries to dig a little deeper into the back-end of essay mills, which is really intriguing, actually. Who would have thought that a guy in Nigeria would be writing papers for American college students? FTA:

In a previous era, you might have found an essay mill near a college bookstore, staffed by former students. Now you'll find them online, and the actual writing is likely to be done by someone in Manila or Mumbai. Just as many American companies are outsourcing their administrative tasks, many American students are perfectly willing to outsource their academic work.

And the very idea that you can commission an entire dissertation from an essay mill (or that people accepted into Ph.D programs would even consider the option) amazes me.