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...changes to American society due to outsourcing, one in particular has recently raised eyebrows: the delegation of paper grading at some colleges to companies that work in India and Malaysia. This particularly worrisome trend received media attention when the practice was adopted in a University of Houston class, and brings up concerns about the quality of contact that students are receiving in large classes...
...this particular case, a company called EduMentry that hires workers in India, Malaysia and Singapore provided a service called Virtual TA, which grades papers for large classes that lack enough teaching assistants. Outsourcing in this manner takes away from the education that students are receiving, as there is considerable value in having teaching assistants who experience the class and then evaluate students accordingly. This allows the graders to take into account dynamics in the course that otherwise would be missed by an international firm. Furthermore, outsourced grading strictly limits the range and scope of the papers being considered. Companies that...
...week as it took on No. 6 Princeton and Cornell this past Saturday. But the cool waters of Cayuga Lake Inlet simply didn’t flow in the Black and White’s favor, as Radcliffe was outmatched by both of its Ancient Eight rivals in the Class...
...races, allowing the undefeated Tigers (6-0) to cruise to another cup win. Princeton handily clinched the Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Eight, and Varsity Four contests, crossing the finish line at 6:51.9, 6:58.0, and 8:00.6, respectively. The victory handed the Tigers their 22nd win in the Class of 1975 Cup series. Meanwhile, the Big Red (3-3) sped past the Black and White in the Third Varsity race at 7.24.4, and in the Fourth Varsity...
...directed almost exclusively at the incumbent Socialists, who have been in power since 2002 and proved unable to gain a consensus for economic reform. Indeed, Jobbik's gains among rural voters appear to have come at the expense of the MSzP, formerly the champion of the lower class. Many of the party's supporters have been attracted to its extremism. Jobbik's leader, Gabor Vona, is a founder of the Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard) paramilitary group, whose anti-Roma rhetoric and adoption of nationalist symbols also used by World War II-era fascist groups have triggered alarm across Europe...