The Shadow Scholar - How to make money helping college kids cheat

Just ran across this article, it's a few months old but fascinating and I guess a little terrifying.  I suppose the scale of operations is what's so astounding

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329/

Here's an excerpt:

I've written toward a master's degree in cognitive psychology, a Ph.D. in sociology, and a handful of postgraduate credits in international diplomacy. I've worked on bachelor's degrees in hospitality, business administration, and accounting. I've written for courses in history, cinema, labor relations, pharmacology, theology, sports management, maritime security, airline services, sustainability, municipal budgeting, marketing, philosophy, ethics, Eastern religion, postmodern architecture, anthropology, literature, and public administration. I've attended three dozen online universities. I've completed 12 graduate theses of 50 pages or more. All for someone else.

You've never heard of me, but there's a good chance that you've read some of my work. I'm a hired gun, a doctor of everything, an academic mercenary. My customers are your students. I promise you that. Somebody in your classroom uses a service that you can't detect, that you can't defend against, that you may not even know exists.

I work at an online company that generates tens of thousands of dollars a month by creating original essays based on specific instructions provided by cheating students. I've worked there full time since 2004. On any day of the academic year, I am working on upward of 20 assignments. 

It's a lengthy read but very thought provoking.  If you have any interest or opinions on the modern educational system in the U.S., definitely check it out.  As far as I'm concerned as an employer, just another reason to not really give a damn about the paper a person waves, and instead look for character and passion.