Pioneers of the Essay Industry
Split with Controversial Brand
Released on: July 16, 2010, 7:03 am
Author: WriteWork.com
Industry: Education
In 1995, Cheathouse.com pioneered the online essay industry sending
tremors through academia. After years of accusations of promoting
plagiarism and cheating, the gentlemen behind the site are ready to say
goodbye to the brand that started it all.
15 years ago, Jens Schriver and Maximo Migliari, just youngsters at the time,
launched an essay site with the contentious name Cheathouse.com. It
instantly caused a commotion within the academic community where the
assumption was made that such an initiative was unethical by nature and
could only encourage dishonest conduct.
”We should have gone with the name WriteWork instead of Cheathouse from
the beginning. But back then we thought it was catchy – we were just kids
with no clue of what was in store for us. We've grown up since then and so
has our business.” Says co-founder Maximo Migliari.
The essay site promptly caught the interest of the international press and all
of a sudden Schriver and Migliari were featured on CNN, BBC and NPR.
As a reaction to the poor public labeling, the two founders resolved to find
out for themselves whether their members actually were using the essay site
for cheating.
Personal interviews were carried out and hundreds of members filled out
questionnaires. The results showed clearly that a minor portion planned to
use the essay site for plagiarism while the vast majority actually perceived
the site as a legitimate academic resource that assisted them in finding
primary sources and improving their grades.
What is more, the study showed that the minority with dishonorable
intentions were mostly high school students – an interesting aspect when
considering that the main audience was university and college students.
“Maximo and I are perfect examples that getting inspiration from essay
examples doesn't necessarily facilitate plagiarism and cheating. We both
have university degrees and during the years we spent studying neither of us
ever turned in an assignment that wasn't original – despite the fact that we
were running one of the most comprehensive essay resources in the
world.” Says co-founder Jens Schriver
Since then, Schriver and Migliari have focused their resources on tuning their
site to earnest university and college students – changing the name to
WriteWork is an crucial step in the right direction.
Among the new features that will be appear on WriteWork in the near future
is a collection of outlines for writing essays, research papers and book
reports as well as a guide for citations and bibliographies.
PR
release
company:
WriteWork is an educational resource featuring 115,000+ essays, research
papers, term papers & book reports. WriteWork helps students get inspired,
save time on research and improve grades.
Over 370,000 students have been using the service for more than 15 years.
Members report a documented average grade increase of 19%.
Full contact details:
Gradua Networks / WriteWork.com
SRTVS Qd. 701, Centro Empresarial Brasilia
Bloco A, salas 625/627
cep: 70.340-907
Brazil
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