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32,441 | [Chiranjeevi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiranjeevi) was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Andhra University. He is an actor, so how did he earn an honorary degree if he has not contributed anything to education? | [
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32,447 | I'm doing a PhD in Economics, a 3-year program. I am required to do 4 coursework and receive a grade of B+. The thing is I didn't meet the grade requirement of all four courses, although I didn't fail the courses. I have a very good research proposal (in my opinion). I've got all the data on hand. I have discussed abou... | [
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"text": "*Story time!*\n\nAt one point in my past life, I was in a graduate program for a certain subject which has nothing... | 2014/11/29 | [
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32,472 | I am studying applied math. My bachelor's thesis is coming up next semester and I've got a dilemma.
I was originally planning to do a standard project (most of them seem very soft to be honest) and then take an extra course (I got permission to take a PHD level course in information theory) or two simultaneously.
But... | [
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32,484 | I'm sitting here with my friend, who is in the process of applying to graduate school. She's come across a prompt that looks like this:
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> If you are a member of a community that has historically been underrepresented in higher education and would like to tell us how this particular perspective adds to the value you... | [
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32,497 | How would the dutch educational system be represented in a diagram? Or put differently, what are the different roads that lead to the academic world in the Netherlands?
PS. This question ("What are the different roads to get into academics in the Netherlands?") came up in chat awhile ago, so I drew a diagram and it wa... | [
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32,500 | My Master's thesis instructor has copied a chapter of my thesis draft into several publications, sometimes listing me as an author and sometimes not. They said it won't cause me any problems so I gave permission in one case but not the others, where I was just informed afterwards. As they were my boss and instructor, w... | [
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"text": "Your instructor has committed serious academic misconduct several times: if it is your words or your work being p... | 2014/11/30 | [
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32,505 | I am applying for admission to several CS PhD programs (in the US), and I am just wondering how common it is for schools to request interviews with the candidates. I will be out of the country for much of January which seems like a prime time for interviews to take place, so I am wondering if I should start making alte... | [
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"text": "From what I've seen, some form of interview is not uncommon (and a good sign, since it means you've passed most o... | 2014/11/30 | [
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32,509 | I am 25 years old, and in a few months' time I will have to decide whether to get a job in London or apply for a postdoc somewhere.
Apart from all of the usual pros and cons (eg. job security, salary, lifestyle) associated to each path, one thing that worries me most is my loneliness. I am worried that if I were to g... | [
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32,511 | I am applying for admission to the Master's program next fall. However I am in doubt about the source of reference. I have two options:
1. My mentor at a research institute who was pursuing his PhD. when I was a research intern. However, he did not complete his PhD.
2. Research Scientist(PhD) at my current organizati... | [
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"text": "I would ask mentor #1 (with a master's degree) to write a letter to the PhD research scientist #2, and have the la... | 2014/11/30 | [
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32,531 | So I was wondering. Most IP policies at Universities state that you must work on inventions, software, etc. on your own time in order to keep your rights to it. Most also say that you can't use University facilities in the process. But if you live in student housing, wouldn't this count as a "University facility." So w... | [
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"text": "First of all, how should be defined \"University facility\" in this context? I don't think that housing woul... | 2014/12/01 | [
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32,532 | I'm currently a second-year undergraduate physics major, and I joined an experimental nuclear physics (astrophysics primarily) group a few months ago. I joined the group wanting to work extremely hard to learn new things, apply them (and my intuition and previous knowledge) to solve problems, and present my findings an... | [
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"text": "> \n> Is attempting to join another group a bad idea? Should I instead tell the group head how I feel, and see where ... | 2014/12/01 | [
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32,540 | My transcripts contain a mistake on the grade I took for a course. I applied before two months to change me the grade but the process is slow. Until now nothing has changed and I need to apply for graduate programs. What should I do? **How should I inform them that this grade is wrong and the official transcripts will ... | [
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32,548 | This is a something I'm really concerned about. I am an undergraduate physics major, and I've been in the honors program at my university for a little while now, and that means certain things. I must take at least 1-2 honors courses (or do an honors-contract in a normal course) every semester, I must make a yearly upda... | [
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"text": "Being an Honors student is a prime example of [signaling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_%28economi... | 2014/12/01 | [
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32,562 | I am a MSc graduate student, still trying to get a PhD position, but with no success at all. During and after my graduation I struggle to publish some articles (right now I got 6, mostly published in IEEE conferences or indexed in Scopus), but I do not feel happy at all.
The problem is that I see my publications as ha... | [
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32,568 | I am applying for a PhD to top schools in engineering. Whenever I talk to my peers I hear the word 'connection' very often. I started thinking that it is almost impossible to be admitted to these schools without knowing a professor ! (I am an international applicant)
How important is having a connection when applying?... | [
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32,585 | I have a good memory, but some of the fields I'm working in (NLP, Semantic Web, Information Visualization, Machine Learning) are quickly expanding.
While I do have a good method of keeping track of good research (I only follow the best researchers and research groups on Twitter, Scholar, conferences, journals, etc), ... | [
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32,612 | Let's say, I am writing a paper. I am reading paper A that cites results in Paper/Book B. I do not have access to Paper/Book B.
In the list of references, do I include only A? A and B? | [
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32,616 | I am in Computer Science and currently in my proposal phase. For my problem statement, I want to come up with good research questions. However, at the moment I am struggling with the definition of "good" research questions. My professor usually comments that my current questions are not "why" questions, but instead are... | [
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32,617 | I regularly assign my undergraduate students papers with a range of expected page/word length (e.g. 10-12 pages or 2500-3000 words). Is there any sort of rule as to whether or not to count a works cited page(s0 (and its equivalent in the other citation styles) in determining if a paper meets this limit? I've discussed ... | [
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32,626 | I am currently applying for a PhD in a very competitive top tier university, which requires three references. I have two referees (my tutor and my undergraduate research project supervisor) who I am quite sure would write very good references for me.
I am stuck with the choice of my third referee:
I am currently do... | [
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32,632 | I have heard that the range of grades in graduate school shrinks and grades mostly range from A to B-. What if an undergraduate student takes a graduate course, what is the grading policy for him/her?
The reason why I am asking is because he/she is in a graduate course so his/her grading can't be different from others... | [
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32,635 | I have been accused of plagiarism from my prof, since I have an answer from a Facebook page based on our course, and a lot of students got their answers from there. The Facebook page has previous labs and assignments from graduate students or senior students who have already done the course, thus there were around 14 s... | [
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32,648 | I love German literature, but I am not interested in literary criticism/theory; just in close-reading, by which I mean, "reading while analyzing the grammar, syntax, usages of words, etc."
As my future goal as a researcher, I am thinking of compiling some sort of detailed guidebooks that will help the reader understa... | [
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32,650 | Few months back I communicated a paper. I got the reviewer's report in a positive direction. But he asked us to add some results if we wish and in the end he wrote:
*"I leave it to the decision of the editor for further process."*
Now I got a mail regarding this from the editor:
*If you wish you may send a revised v... | [
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32,655 | So, I get this page's link: [User Interface Usability Evaluation with Web-Based Questionnaires](http://hcibib.org/perlman/question.html) from my friend. I want to make one of them as Questionnaire for the design I made for Academic Research. But I'm confused, is that only an example, a guideline, or can I use the Quest... | [
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32,656 | I am a recent Ph.D. graduate in computer science.
In the last few months, I wrote a paper about an aspect of my thesis, with the collaboration of my former supervisor. We found a call for papers for a "special section" of an important journal, that is a section focused on the data set we are exploiting. The submission ... | [
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32,659 | So here is my situation.
I'm an undergraduate physics major right now (second-year) at a moderately-good university. I've experienced a bit of analysis and algebra (and almost nothing in topology, which I should change), and I like it (I do study maths on my own time - I like [complex] analysis best). However, my styl... | [
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32,663 | After sending an unsolicited email to a potential postdoc advisor, and receiving no response for a while, what is a very polite way to follow up?
Based on past experience lack of immediate response does not necessarily mean a lack of interest, they might just have been too busy at the time. This question is about how ... | [
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32,675 | I defended my thesis last year and was granted MS degree. After that my advisor pressurized me to work more with him and write papers. I refused after some time and my relationship with him became sour. Can this cause any problem in the future such as thesis being taken away. Note that there is no dishonesty in my thes... | [
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32,676 | I frequently receive brief, usually confirmatory e-mails (such as *"Can do. Best"* in response to a request for a letter of recommendation) from academics with considerably less time than myself.
Each time this happens, I am very indecisive about whether the nuisance caused by responding -- and adding an e-mail with e... | [
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32,685 | I am preparing a paper in the field of Computer Science.
In order to report test results, we usually run a number of tests and report the average of those tests.
For each test, we generate random data.
Because of the randomness, at some points, the results may come out not as expected.
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32,700 | Many of the professors and lecturers I come across are very critical of Wikipedia, but they never give proper support for their claims of "Wikipedia is bullshit!". And they threaten "Do not use Wikipedia if you want to pass!", and they mean it seriously.
It is true that "any Tom, Dipq and Herrl can edit it", but it is... | [
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32,704 | Of course it is not a good idea, preferably one would meet up with the professor to make the agreement.
In my case, I've talked to the prof for a year, and then went off work for a year, now I need a recommendation letter. In September I emailed him my situation WITH the invitation for a meet up at his office. He told... | [
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32,709 | I submitted my research paper in journal X on 7th July, 2014. Journal sent me one thanks email immediately. After that I waited for one month for any response from editor but nothing came from editor side.
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32,720 | I would be interested to know the differences between peer reviewed journals and refereed journals in these aspects:
1. Conditions for the acceptance of papers for publications.
2. The time length of paper stage after submission.
3. Amount payable by authors. | [
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32,723 | There is an effort at my university to promote "research integrated teaching" [[Bexnect, 2005](http://books.google.com/books/about/Reshaping_the_University.html); [Robertson, 2006](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360600792889)] which got me thinking about the topic. I generally make an effort to discuss... | [
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32,735 | So I am completing the application for UCSB, and they ask me to write a Personal Achievements/Contributions Statement, however, I feel I have nothing to say, since I have never experienced anything like examples they give. So what should be talked about in this kind of essay except examples they give?
Here is what on ... | [
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32,738 | I am reading a paper which discussing the change in a specific idea in a field of science over time. I would like to basically summarize the points in the paper but in a smaller fashion by taking some quotes and explaining how they relate to my situation.
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32,739 | I have recently started as a postdoc at a well-regarded foreign university. I like the place and I have no particular problems with my professor (even though his style isn't exactly to my taste, but I could live with that and take the difference as a learning opportunity).
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32,744 | I was doing a PhD in a different subject and that was going nowhere and I lost interest in everything that I was doing. But I always loved mathematics and during the dark days of my 3rd of my (former) PhD. I happened to meet some exceptional theoretical CS people who encouraged me a lot. One of them got me as a TA and ... | [
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32,755 | How long is the expiration date of GRE? For example, if I am going to sit for the GRE in January 2015, how long can I use the score for my graduate application? | [
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32,760 | Should I attach my soon-to-be-published manuscript when submitting my CV?
I've just recently submitted my first paper to a scientific journal and want to apply for an internship at a certain institution. I'm pretty confident that my paper will be accepted but I know the review process is long. Should add it to my CV a... | [
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32,768 | I am asking this question because I've always had the impression that manuscripts submitted to a journal in my field (theoretical linguistics) take an *insanely long time* to get published, and sometimes I get the impression that this is because, most of the time, nobody other than the author cares about getting things... | [
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32,781 | Does anyone know the restrictions one might face if they are a graduate student in a computer science program (let's say doing theory) and they become interested in taking a course from the mathematics department or become interested in working on mathematics problems? Is this something where you need to full on change... | [
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32,782 | I'm sort of foggy in general about how this works. If you are, say a a computer science graduate student, what kind of freedom do you have to pick a research topic that focuses more on something like cellular biology, swarms, or string theory? Do you need to change departments? Do you need to illustrate some connection... | [
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32,795 | I wonder if there exists, at least in plans, a centralized system that examines editors' decisions in journals, a kind of "appellate court" in peer-review publishing.
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32,797 | When adding a reference to an image that is a screenshot, what is the proper way to cite in APA style?
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32,804 | A couple of cover letter use:
* I believe that I could ..
* I am confident
* I am very interested
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32,816 | Do you suggest adding these to an academic CV?
* **Review** journals/conferences. Can adding such information creates negative issues or it would only have positive impression?
* **Non-academic service**: example, Unesco volunteer
* **Hobbies**. Many sites suggest to remove them <http://www.academiccareer.manchester.a... | [
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32,827 | I spent a year at a community college working in industry straight out of high school. I recently got into a top cs program and will be attending starting spring 2015. However, the school only gave me until spring 2017 to finish my degree, which means I will be at the 4-year university for 5 semesters. Will I be at a d... | [
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32,828 | You would think that profs are living the high life when lectures are over and all they have to do is to hand out the exam (in a couple weeks) and grade them. But when I tried to get a hold of the profs, they seem to be busier than ever. One prof even stopped holding office hours all together and handed those duties to... | [
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32,835 | My supervisor has already invited formally the professor to be my examiner.
Do I need to invite the professor personally as he may learn more about my work?
Is there any conflict of interest to do so? | [
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32,844 | I've recently typed up a mathematics research paper, but I would like to make it appear more formal when I submit it to be peer-reviewed.
Also, how would I be able to incorporate LATEX into my paper?
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32,848 | My supervisor encouraged me to apply for a conference presentation, as he had funding for me to go. The problem was that I had no results at the time, since the conference date was six months after the abstract deadline. At the time I thought I would have results in time so I wrote an abstract (stating what I plan to d... | [
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32,855 | Currently, in my CV, the first section is the *About me* section. It goes like this (I'll reserve the format of the text):
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> **Broad knowledge,** is why my friends are proud of me.
>
> **Never stops asking questions,** is what my advisor values in me.
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>
>
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32,860 | I'm interested in going to grad school for a master's in computer science (I'm also applying to a MS/MBA program at a few schools). I have a 3.8 GPA from a highly regarded school, 99th percentile GRE scores, and not much else. I have no publications or research, minimal connections with professors, and my references wi... | [
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32,861 | I am currently writing my statement of purpose (SOP) for top graduate schools in engineering majors in US. I am wondering should I include name of my potential advisor on my SOP (Is it a good idea to do that)? The problem is I am thinking if I do not include name of advisor it might be the sign I did not look at his/he... | [
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32,867 | I have some questions regarding graduate admission (PHD) in us university. The guidelines stated on the maximum university websites are that they require academic transcripts. My question is that, are the Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Masters of Science (MSc ) transcripts only?
or I will have to send all the academic r... | [
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32,870 | On the one hand, I'd like to produce a few graphs every week so my project can move forward. Taking a month off to learn a new programming language, do a literature review, or work through a relevant textbook would hurt the pace of my research, and my advisor would wonder why I haven't done anything for a month.
On th... | [
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32,890 | When I was doing literature review, I came across a [paper](https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaxwellsci.com%2Fprint%2Frjaset%2Fv5-3015-3020.pdf&ei=7X6FVM3wDImIuATrooBQ&usg=AFQjCNFojANCyhn4EZAL_SkL5ljblDhtPA&bvm=bv.80642063,d.c2E) published i... | [
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32,897 | I have received a letter of recommendation which clearly has been written by my referee's assistant, rather than himself. That in itself wouldn't be a problem if it didn't contain phrases such as *what's more...* and *like event study etc*.
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32,902 | When writing a PhD thesis on mathematics one needs to quote many results by others, such as
>
> The following theorem was proved by ABC in [1].
>
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> **Theorem**. Bla, bla, bla...
>
>
>
My question is when should one include a proof of the result in his/her PhD thesis, if it is basically the same as in the refe... | [
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32,929 | The phobia of flying is discouraging me to travel for conferences, although quite a number of them are very good opportunities for me to "market" the researches of our lab and of mine. Apparently, I can't overcome this phobia even with the help of therapists. I almost passed out due to panic attacks on the airplanes, a... | [
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32,931 | Does posting papers on websites such as Academia.edu or ResearchGate count as "publishing" for the sake of future journal submission? That is, if I have uploaded my paper to Academia.edu, can I later submit it to a journal that wants only "previously unpublished" work? | [
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32,933 | Given how many college courses are taught every academic semester in the world (or even just in the U.S.), it simply must be the case that some portion of the instructors badly goof up their courses, to the point where it is not really able to be recovered from--in essence, the course is ruined. This could be things li... | [
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32,947 | I am defending my PhD thesis soon and have been told to practice some questions that I should expect, one of which is:
What are the ethical implications of your work?
How should I go about answering this?
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32,959 | In one of [Ben Bitdiddle's comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/32855/should-i-start-my-cv-by-telling-about-myself/32859?noredirect=1#comment73910_32859), he confirms that quoting famous scientists in the SOP is generally bad. But I don't know why. Isn't SOP the place to tell our stories, our inspirati... | [
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32,963 | I worked in the industry for a few years before starting my PhD and learned many do's and don'ts in the workplace for how you guide subordinates to attend meetings and do things you want them to do. I'm having trouble finding the right mix of transparency/professionalism/availability that I can expect to have with my a... | [
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32,965 | I'm writing my master thesis. I need to quote a cited quote from another paper. So the scenario is that I'm reading a paper and this paper has a quote which is cited from another paper. Now I want to quote this quote, how should I cite this?
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32,980 | I am a math PhD student in my last year, and I've been on mathjobs.org looking for jobs.
I see a lot of jobs for instructor positions, or jobs titled "assistant professor", where the main work load seems to be teaching undergraduates and no research.
It seems that the main qualifications are a PhD. I am confused on ... | [
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32,981 | I'm an undergrad studying mathematics right now. I have a very big interest in mathematical applications of physics, and I have been debating whether or not I should change my degree to a dual major (math/physics), because of this annoying little fear that only the math degree won't prepare me for a career in physics r... | [
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32,983 | I noticed that some professors and instructors have their teaching statement available on their webpages, and others don't.
I thought teaching statements were used mainly for applying for jobs, so since these professors and instructors have jobs, what is the purpose of having their teaching statement available to the... | [
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32,988 | There are many situations in academia where an entity is entrusted with confidential data belonging to a researcher. A very obvious one is the publication process: the journals are required to keep submitted papers confidential until they are published. But there are also other situations. For example, biologists can s... | [
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32,997 | The class was scheduled to take the final next week. I wanted to take the test this week, because there's some place I was planning to be on the day of the final. My teacher said that doesn't count as an extenuating circumstance, and that his dean wouldn't like it. His dean isn't even administering the exam, so why wou... | [
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33,000 | My literature professor pronounces the name of a very famous novelist incorrectly (I've searched quite a bit and I'm sure of it). I'll have an oral examination soon, and I'm not entirely sure whether I should adapt and pronounce it like she does, or correctly. I'm afraid that if I choose the last option she will tell m... | [
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33,006 | I just finished my first semester teaching (I lead two recitation sections for pre-calculus twice a week). It went well, but I've noticed a sizable callus has formed on my right middle finger on the left side between the nail and first knuckle. This is from how I hold the chalk, I believe. The callus is rubbing against... | [
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33,021 | I have made the experience that even the most excellent academics are often didactically mediocre lecturers. I also watched some of last years Nobel lectures and realised many laureates are actually not particularly good at teaching.
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33,022 | At the secondary school I went there was an implicit sense that all students were expected to go to university. For example councillors would come into our English classes to give presentations on how to make smooth transition to a university. I guess I always had the assumption that a university degree is necessary to... | [
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33,023 | Browsing various PhD admissions programs, I consistently find that there is a higher expectation of international students on the physics GRE for admission. For example, at [UT Austin](https://ph.utexas.edu/prospective-graduate-students/admissions), the average score on the physics GRE for students accepted for Fall 20... | [
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33,032 | So thing aren't going well for me with my PhD and I sort of think I'm not going to get there (hard deadline is September and frankly I think I'm fairly close to having a breakdown). I'm in the UK and the hard deadline is university policy.
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33,038 | I have graduated this year with a second class first division. In addition, I ranked sixth. However, the problem is that I scored a D+ in my undergrad research project. Now I am aiming to pursue a masters degree at UK. My supervisor did not show up regularly plus he was 2 hours far away from my place.
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33,040 | We are thinking about buying new textbooks for our students. Is there an established practice of buying digital copies of books for students? I expect that e-books should generally be cheaper and we might also be able to save money on delivery.
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33,041 | I teach various undergraduate courses. I make the cheating policies clear on the first day of lectures, check the student's understanding of this with an on-line quiz, and remind students of the policy almost weekly in class. I try hard to detect cheating, but cannot catch everyone.
Sometimes I discover cheating mid-w... | [
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34,038 | I am curious as to how mathematicians conduct research. I hope some of you can help me solve this little mystery.
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34,052 | Many research groups are international. While I hope that academics are in general open-minded and tolerant, there might still be a potential for conflicts when researchers from different ethnic groups, which are hostile towards each other or are even at war, work together in the same group.
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34,064 | Eventually I grew tired of having to explain over and over why *all* my class material is in English. It's a mandatory course in Art History. I want to put some warning in my syllabus to minimize any arguments. The problem is how to do it politely, yet clearly.
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34,071 | Does it worth to add IEEE membership to my CV? It seems every body can pay a fee and become an IEEE member. | [
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34,075 | What is general rule regarding the number of reviewers? Date under manuscript status "under review" has now changed for third time within two months. What could this implicate? | [
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34,097 | Is it advisable (in terms of the benefit for the students and the work it causes) to make the grading completely transparent to students? I think for instance of publishing the sample solutions for the exam or the distribution of the grades given. Would those measures be suitable to convince the students that the gradi... | [
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34,106 | Just curious as to the effects of publishing a mediocre PHD thesis:
After sitting down and taking a cold, detached, look at my thesis topic, I realized I was given a pair of coobook-style problems, i.e., in order to answer the questions I was given to answer, I just need to go over a list of requirements and see if th... | [
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34,117 | In the abstract of a scientific report, when comparing an experimentally measured value to a current accepted value, should you provide a citation for it? | [
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34,123 | I'm studying Computer Science with a double major in Mozh at a public university. I hope to attend a private school like Vanderbilt (Nashville, USA) to pursue an MS or PhD. My GPA is still above a 3.0, however:
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34,125 | I am currently applying to Ph.D. programs at several universities. Since I was a transfer student in my undergraduate years, and I have great relationships with my professors at community college, I asked them to be my letter writers for letter of recommendations.
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34,132 | I am confused in a lot of applications for academic jobs, such as assistant professor, lecturer, instructor, at academic institutions. Many of them ask for a "copy of transcript," but I am unsure about what this means. Does this mean I need to get my official sealed transcript, open it, and copy it, or does it mean I c... | [
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34,134 | While using github for source code is generally something I love to encourage, if a student puts their (computer science) homework there, it's generally easy for others to find and copy - which creates a temptation to use it as a "baseline" for their own (identical in most cases) homework - while I understand the benef... | [
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34,146 | I am dealing with one very mercurial professor and I had a bit of an incident with him. I think I might have offended him slightly (I told him about the deadline to submit a letter of recommendation (LOR) in the nicest possible way and yet he flared up on me). My seniors tell me that he has the habit of extracting reve... | [
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34,152 | In situations where one teaches purely undergraduate students (20 hours per week, 16 weeks per semester, 2 semesters per year) how many hours per week, and how many weeks per year, are people normally in their offices? Does this number change after the main teaching semesters complete?
I have just finished my fall sem... | [
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34,164 | I want to know whether is it ethical to express thanks and gratitude to a reviewer
in the reply to review text. I feel we should express thanks to reviewers who spent valuable time to review our work. | [
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34,170 | This question is mostly out of curiosity (at least for the moment). I have never taught full courses but I have had to substitute many times, usually for graduate level courses. Preparing for a one hour lecture took me 2-6 hours.
I understand that full-time lecturers may be expected to teach 20 hours per week. I canno... | [
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34,172 | Like the title says, I have a friend who is a post-doc and her professor is asking her and another post-doc to baby-sit for him. He does not pay them, he simply expects them to baby-sit for free because they work for him. It is not clear whether this happens during the day or in the evening, though by my understanding ... | [
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