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So these professors are getting paid to do what? That is pathetic!
Lesley Ciarula Taylor Staff Reporter
A veteran university professor frustrated with the tedium and time of grading papers has created a company that outsources the job to India.
With a dozen clients in academia and a thick skin, Dr. Chandru Rajam is prepared to weather the outrage EduMetry Inc. of Herndon, Va., has set off.
Virtual-TA, which hires offshore university-educated staff to assess, grade and comment on student assignments, is only one of the EduMetry services. But it is by far the most controversial.
âOur intent is not to cheapen or degrade the learning and teaching equation,â Rajam told the Star. âWe think there is a better model. We never outsource the responsibility, weâre just outsourcing the activity.
âI like to half-jokingly point out that a mother is outsourcing childcare to a daycare provider. If you can entrust the care of your infant to a third person, any form of outsourcing should be fair game.â
more: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/india/article/802845
Lesley Ciarula Taylor Staff Reporter
A veteran university professor frustrated with the tedium and time of grading papers has created a company that outsources the job to India.
With a dozen clients in academia and a thick skin, Dr. Chandru Rajam is prepared to weather the outrage EduMetry Inc. of Herndon, Va., has set off.
Virtual-TA, which hires offshore university-educated staff to assess, grade and comment on student assignments, is only one of the EduMetry services. But it is by far the most controversial.
âOur intent is not to cheapen or degrade the learning and teaching equation,â Rajam told the Star. âWe think there is a better model. We never outsource the responsibility, weâre just outsourcing the activity.
âI like to half-jokingly point out that a mother is outsourcing childcare to a daycare provider. If you can entrust the care of your infant to a third person, any form of outsourcing should be fair game.â
more: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/india/article/802845
