US College Students Outsource Their Computer Science School Work

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US College Students Outsource Their Computer Science School Work

01-19-2006, 08:51 AM,

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US College Students Outsource Their Computer Science School Work

Quote: Rent A Coder enables people -- usually Americans -- who need computer programs to put them out to bid -- usually for cut-throat prices by Indians and Eastern Europeans.

But if U.S. companies can go online to outsource their programming, why can't U.S. computer students outsource their homework -- which, after all, often involves writing sample programs? Scruples aside, no reason at all. Search for "homework" in the data base of Rent A Coder projects, and you get 1,000 hits. (An impressive number, but still a tiny fraction of all computer students, the vast majority of whom are no doubt an honest and hardworking lot.)...

Indeed, some programming students appear to be outsourcing their way through college...

full article: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB1...?mod=blogs

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