Advisor writing bulk/entire student thesis I am forced to write this question as I believe it is unethical and needs to be addressed in my faculty. I suspect a faculty member in my university has the habit of writing his master's degree students' thesis (for free or for a fee). I believe he does that for a fee. A colleague has mentioned this before but that colleague isn't a board member so I can't really take his word officially. I noticed that for several thesis I examined for the examination board, his students have very solid thesis but would have you questioning their abilities during oral presentations. Some colleagues think it's stage fright but I believe it is more than that. This faculty member always requests that corrections for the thesis be mailed to him to &quot;pass to his student&quot;. I think he's just doing the corrections and submitting final copy. This faculty member taught me in my undergraduate years in the same faculty and I heard some stories of his shady dealings with students then.
Question: How can something like this be investigated since there are no mechanism in place to limit what a supervisor contributes to his students' thesis? It is difficult to get the students to testify as this is what most of them would want by default.
Contact the University Thesis Office regarding policies regarding professors making edits. Maybe what he is doing is sanctioned; maybe there is a strict policy against it. The prof. won't tell you, and the college won't shake the boat. University administration offers the only chance of independent administration.