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[ "students are confused and screaming about it. What type of departmental policy should", "(okay ink on paper). Now that we are on Moodle, we can change", "maximum. The students are confused and screaming about it. What type of departmental", "we are on Moodle, we can change the syllabus whenever we want. Toda...
[ "grown up in Iran and belong to a religious minority (Bahai faith). As", "would like to apply to be a PhD student in the first 5", "in Iran) and 24, I worked as a construction laborer. At the age", "belong to a religious minority (Bahai faith). As you know Bahais are not", "one but hopefully this is not a d...
[ "mean the argument: If this person's writing is this good, then this person's", "I am applying to doctoral programs in the US. Since I am not", "speaker, I am wondering if it is okay to have native speakers help", "I mean the argument: If this person's writing is this good, then this", "By \"suspect\" I mea...
[ "as a dependent. However, a loan would be financial suicide for me. Their", "shrug their shoulders or basically tell me to go die somewhere. I've been", "me. Their disability counselors just shrug their shoulders or basically tell me to", "programs that needed funding. My education history is confusing, but e...
[ "10 years of their life. His research is secret and he has ways", "his research? Will the researcher be jailed, but the research results recognized? ---", "a paper and confirms that there is a set amount of characteristics that", "has ways to smuggle children for his research (don't ask how). After 15", "th...
[ "it to the professor yet the following two aspects concern me: * I'm", "list and send it to the professor yet the following two aspects concern", "them into a list and send it to the professor yet the following", "using in class A (not taught by the professor). I've studied the textbook", "A (not taught by ...
[ "review research in my field, polish or learn new quantitative data analysis methods,", "much more rigorous than at lower tier schools, which would result in a", "and MBA level but that was 10 years ago at a regional ranked", "better preparation to publish at leading journals. An equally important reason is t...
[ "think about myself, I am pretty sure I had high school teachers write", "advisable? My main concerns are the appropriateness of a research based letter for", "schools, but we are outside US). Is this advisable? My main concerns are", "undergrad admissions, as well as not being a Professor or Senior faculty a...
[ "to doctoral programs in the US and I am wondering: is it common", "typical selection and admissions procedure for doctoral students, what happens after the deadline", "I am applying to doctoral programs in the US and I am wondering:", "applications to be filtered before they reach the hiring committee? In th...
[ "exam; I want most students who are reasonably well prepared to be able", "really generalize from how long it takes me to solve these kinds of", "any methods or general rules for determining how long you can make the", "time to be a major issue on this exam; I want most students", "I don't want time to be...
[ "to state that you are not versed well enough in the particular area,", "or should you just do as best as you can to review what", "that the other reviewers will do a better job, compensating for your weakness?", "and you get a paper whose subject material you are not an expert", "all the details around whi...
[ "doctoral programs in the US, and I am wondering: Is it advisable to", "well-respected expert in my field, and I thought of mentioning his participation in", "where I presented a paper recently? The keynote speaker is a well-respected expert", "I thought of mentioning his participation in order to highlight t...
[ "about such anxious students? What do you do about such nervous students to", "brings their efficiency down and they even may fail their important exams. In", "allow nervousness to ruin their exam's mark; and explain their academic potentials and", "and I ask them to see a doctor who can help them. I", "bri...
[ "Then my concern is if lengthy writing samples would instead hurt my application?", "especially four papers in my statement of purpose, so I have to present", "my writing samples. As a consequence, my writing samples take almost a hundred", "to present them in my writing samples. As a consequence, my writing ...
[ "it came from the original paper, since definitions are standard. But it seems", "of the authors of the paper had written an earlier paper, which I", "Is it acceptable for an academic paper to copy paragraphs and even a", "with an acknowledgement that it came from the original paper, since definitions are", ...
[ "publishing in that area) at a different institution? What if the two students", "area in which someone close to them is also active and working (and", "when an academic supervises a Ph.D. student in a very specific area in", "who are publishing in that area) at a different institution? What if the", ...
[ "and see if his/her email attracts more of a response. 2. Contacting any", "use them for non-commercial purposes, without restrictions such as the need for a", "is highly likely that they should have a working knowledge of English, after", "is located in Europe, and it is highly likely that they should have",...
[ "assign negative points? What are some pedagogical reasons why teachers might do this?", "errors with negative points. Why do they assign negative points? What are some", "tests which punish errors with negative points. Why do they assign negative points?", "negative points. Why do they assign negative points...
[ "The methods used to accelerate it aren't particularly novel, though some aspects might", "So a paper exists, it was published 3 years ago and had a", "worth publishing? I am going to ask my supervisor, but he's been very", "less, it's in the area of finite-difference time-domain simulations). I've taken the ...
[ "gets paid for 9 months in the US and you need to use", "funding to pay for the missing 3 months. Is this situation different in", "use your own funding to pay for the missing 3 months. Is this", "pay for the missing 3 months. Is this situation different in the UK", "to pay for the missing 3 months. Is this...
[ "grade? P.S. - this question was prompted by the comments in [this answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/31193/19914)", "students when they struggle with them? While in the real world there may", "used. Another example - in a foreign language class, asking about a never-before-seen", "been discussed in...
[ "to the academic worth/usefulness for my career to publish with [SpringerBriefs](http://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/springerbriefs). Would it", "a beginning researcher and am unsure as to the academic worth/usefulness for my", "I am a beginning researcher and am unsure as to the aca...
[ "in CV I came across this problem: Should I put the name of", "problem: Should I put the name of my advisor in front of my", "of my name or should I put only my name (I have my", "or should I put only my name (I have my advisor's name printed", "(I have my advisor's name printed in my thesis) according to t...
[ "journal article and numerous conference papers. I don't stand a chance against him.", "out while working with him on a journal article. Specifically, he modified data", "do some formatting and submit it to a journal. I politely confronted him", "whatever analysis he is doing. How do I know this? I uttered a"...
[ "never discussed by us and his involvement in this paper is almost not", "reply to that and when I asked him about it, he said we", "only a year to graduate and am worried for job hunting without publications.", "look into my paper. I feel very anxious and have written a second", "it without his name?** The...
[ "literally jump around the room, making the lessons lively and hilarious. He'd even", "a person like that do from this point forward? Is academia pretty much", "hire him full-time, on a tenure-track position. The autumn after, I left that", "after much time scouring the internet, I can't seem to locate any so...
[ "too difficult for them, they have given up hope. The students are too", "really not ready, as they came from rural high schools that did not", "better match for students. For example, a teacher might give a strong math", "too few to warrant a recommended creation of more remedial courses. I'd like", "offer...
[ "are many words for hierarchy in both business and academia. Google translate does", "The research institute would like things like business cards and website to make", "and website to make sense to other countries and native English speakers. As", "for many of the words, but in the native language they are m...
[ "However, at first I took this as great news, since this is my", "I started to worry that I had gotten my hopes up too soon.", "took this as great news, since this is my first real work. But,", "I still stand a good chance of it being published? Edit: Thanks for", "of a summer's work in my spare time while ...
[ "this several times up-voted [answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/27311/10643), it is suggested, among other things, that 'if", "a paper where it was written that images were from a commercially available", "paper who use a copyright-protected stock photograph to test their algorithm. They can", "cas...
[ "to directly affect myself as a final year student. I have not personally", "are no current plans regarding the future of the boycott by either the", "suggestion of replacement. There are no current plans regarding the future of the", "of the boycott by either the teachers or the administration, and it is", ...
[ "somewhere in my application package as a supplemental material, then it may be", "I decided to include it in my statement of purpose as an appendix.", "decided to include it in my statement of purpose as an appendix. The", "my statement of purpose as an appendix. The number of the words in", "breaks in stu...
[ "me if I made a mistake; more so in the written form. However,", "now and then, there will of course be slip ups: I often see", "free from grammatical errors. Like any non-native speaker who hasn't learned from a", "see small grammatical errors in one sensei's handouts. They don't affect the quality", "she ...
[ "I have to send a followup email after they have replied, I omit", "email after they have replied, I omit the opening and closing sections entirely,", "`Mr. Atwood`\" and end with \"Regards/Best wishes (etc.) `Leo`\". If I have to", "end with \"Regards/Best wishes (etc.) `Leo`\". If I have to send a followup"...
[ "thinking of switching to an HTML5 based system (possibly [reveal.js](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/)), but wanted to", "the slides on a projector. The presenter view in advanced viewers like [impressive](http://impressive.sourceforge.net/)", "am presenting on. While I like the Beamer/LaTeX/PDF combination be...
[ "review a paper. Since then, I have received two more invitations. In total,", "two years prior to that. All are from different editors, but the latest", "Being early in my academic career, I don't yet get many paper reviews.", "the probability, I guess it is unlikely that the sudden string of reviews", "...
[ "for years one and two. However in my final year it turns out", "irrational as eight years is a long time and teenagers often under perform,", "in my final year it turns out that one of the examiners for", "days. We had an argument once or twice; I was fairly young at", "though it is a different establishme...
[ "one, and is considered OK to publish chapter from in conferences and journals.", "include pretty much the entire chapter, which presents a method, and will perform", "not? I know there were similar questions recently, but none asking about the", "and is considered OK to publish chapter from in conferences an...
[ "I knew some college students in the U.S. who were <18 years old.", "knew some college students in the U.S. who were <18 years old. In", "which countries must college professors be cleared (background-checked, certified, fingerprinted, etc., like U.S.", "some college students in the U.S. who were <18 years ol...
[ "in tools for detecting plagiarism? Or on understanding fair-use, proper attribution of sources,", "degrees that offer training in tools for detecting plagiarism? Or on understanding fair-use,", "understanding fair-use, proper attribution of sources, and avoiding plagiarism? Are there career options", "detect...
[ "do that. Here at India at 11th class we have to usually choose", "medicine at Harvard. I kept wondering how could he do that. Here at", "on it, but in one movie I have seen the guy is studying", "studying mathematics in MIT but his future plan was to study medicine at", "it, but in one movie I have seen th...
[ "Friday to re- confirm that he knows that I will make the call.", "the call. However, no reply as well. So I am wondering if it", "a professor on Thursday and he asked me if I am available to", "email on Friday to re- confirm that he knows that I will make", "replied the email to confirm the time but no rep...
[ "have approximately 50% of my degree in maths. Independently of the maths degree,", "next year I will apply to some post-graduate studies outside of my country", "that I've also been studying half a degree on maths and include a", "of those things, I'm from Spain and I'm not sure about the equivalence...).", ...
[ "most likely real and hardly disputable. I want to add that he is", "which results in a five year sentence where I would hire that person.", "where I would hire that person. > > > Maybe the crime of", "if that matters to whom may hire him in the future. @xLeitix's comment:", "but not as severe (but may stil...
[ "her career, as opposed to working with a professor or working alone, as", "is (this may sound silly) because I think this will actually help her", "related, but I am hesitant to work with A as he tends to", "I think this will actually help her career, as opposed to working with", "to publication before get...
[ "the best way to do this, or is the below perfectly acceptable? >", "a case study in my report, but it has four authors and I", "or is the below perfectly acceptable? > > Andria A, Siel S, Derek", "best way to do this, or is the below perfectly acceptable? > >", "in my report, but it has four authors and I ...
[ "(if intentional, extraneous circumstances aside) deserve to lose the points for the work", "note on the door was \"maybe we'll do this again some time\". Let's", "was \"maybe we'll do this again some time\". Let's assume a few factors", "a whole homework grade? **Is it fair (ethical, if you will) to use"...
[ "my entire paper into a concise and expressive form, and also the numerical", "am an undergraduate level student planning to put out a research paper for", "lot. My friend suggests to me to buy him a gift card at", "a lot. My friend suggests to me to buy him a gift card", "me a lot. My friend suggests to me...
[ "note that where I go to school, costs quite a bit of money", "if the wording to a question is vague, if there had been examples", "class of a similar question then it should be known what is being", "then how do marks fit into the equation? Given some of the answers", "concern about a service, then the com...
[ "many governments (including my own) and corporations, and of many of the applications", "how they could be detrimental to my career, especially before I'm already established.", "and that this would negatively impact my chances to get in. How realistic", "I often worry about how they could be detrimental to ...
[ "since I was in high school. We are writing a paper together for", "will there be any sort of consequences for submitting a lot of papers", "upcoming conference (which is pretty big). I have been also writing a paper", "together for an upcoming conference (which is pretty big). I have been also", "writing. ...
[ "for a lab) I have this idea of a software application which is", "specific and novel methodologies (navigation languages and autocomplete methods). Anyway, I know that", "tool (although it could help prove my idea) but that I want to", "really what research is about isn't it?) about how the navigational and ...
[ "NRC workshop and was not peer reviewed. Moreover, although this work is accessible", "and was not peer reviewed. Moreover, although this work is accessible at an", "not discover the paper and no one is aware of its existence. Is", "although this work is accessible at an NRC website, it is clear from", "of ...
[ "journal have been previously rejected in the same or another venue? I am", "to a conference or journal have been previously rejected in the same or", "of papers submitted to a conference or journal have been previously rejected in", "mostly interested in the computer science field (machine learning) and Engl...
[ "well. On the other hand, I don't want to start a fight with", "my own. I ended doing a very smart design in one week and", "if we are going to team up and I said no (I am", "design and likes my colleague much more than me. He could easily tell", "as stretch goal, I will complete the whole design on my own....
[ "you run experiments that confirm your conjecture, but you are unable to provide", "observations or... what? This is in the context of a CS theory paper.", "Do you name them as conjectures or observations or... what? This is in", "formal proof (perhaps because it's too complicated)? Do you name them as conjec...
[ "Which challenges did you overcome during your secondary education? > > > So", "part of the application I have to write some essays but I don't", "am applying for a university scholarship program, and as part of the application", "a university scholarship program, and as part of the application I have to", ...
[ "(1946). Ice-9 and its Applications. Ilium, NY: Slaughterhouse Press. > > > I've", "what I'm doing. Here's an interesting fact (Trout, 1946a) and this is what", "(Trout, chapter 2, 1946) and this is what it implies in the context", "interesting model, described by e.g. Trout, chapter 8 (1946). >...
[ "thing as an interdisciplinary PhD, where the student chooses the fields, courses, etc.?", "as an interdisciplinary PhD, where the student chooses the fields, courses, etc.? If", "PhD, where the student chooses the fields, courses, etc.? If so, which U.S.", "an interdisciplinary PhD, where the student chooses...
[ "scholars of my field (IR). Will it be advisable to use referencing, or", "to use referencing, or might it be to my disadvantage as an unnecessary", "purpose, I am using certain arguments by scholars of my field (IR). Will", "be to my disadvantage as an unnecessary attempt to boast on my knowledge", "use re...
[ "professors in other institutions. Does it make sense to ask for letters from", "program? Does it add value to the application? Also, I have worked with", "to the application? Also, I have worked with a few fellow students who", "am planning to apply for tenure track academic positions, and I already got", ...
[ "I know there are plenty of cases where said people got fired, for", "such, I expect the consequences of getting caught to be sufficiently severe. I", "so unjustified use could lead to prosecution. I assume this is also the", "it, the sole purpose of getting milled diplomas is to deceive others. As", "and...
[ "practices? Are there any rules of thumb you use? My faculty does not", "with my level of subchaptering. Right now I’m already down to x.x.x.x and", "when writing a paper. Currently I’m working on my thesis and I’m concerned", "and I fear going down a level deeper would look bad. I think", "later on, but it...
[ "can a student in this situation do to earn better grades? P.S: I", "I haven't finished the lab/project. I even started eating healthier because I thought", "- 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 (best)) which is very low", "life, among other things. I'm feeling angry at myself every time I get", "the lab/project. I even starte...
[ "otherwise eat cheaper meals < $10. What types of spending guidelines would help", "trying to spend the maximum amount possible. I don't want to blow my", "save every last penny in terms of my meal spending. I would like", "I was wondering what is a reasonable per diem spending for meals? Of", "also don't f...
[ "trouble, but would that seem like I'm trying to schmooze my way in?", "to offer to pay for dinner or at least drinks since they are", "like this before. Do you have any suggestions for questions I should ask", "would like to focus my attention on the students. I've never done anything", "attention on the s...
[ "point on two major levels, first on the actual aims and scope of", "actual scope of the conducted research. With 2 reviewers recommending \"reject\", the Editor", "Even though there was no avenue for rebuttal, I drafted a long email", "highlighting where the reviewers had missed the point of my article. The ...
[ "publishers make outrageous margins, or are prices truly justified by the costs to", "make outrageous margins, or are prices truly justified by the costs to run", "With an eye to finding the reasons behind [high journal subscription costs](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/29923/452): do", "by the costs to...
[ "to select things like top 1%, 5%, 10% in terms of writing, organization,", "?\" He wrote \"He was at least in the top 1% compared to", "suggested that the admission committee might not take his recommendation seriously. Another one", "some questions that asks the professor to select things like top 1%, 5%,",...
[ "that distinguish a dissertation as what is written as the requirements of a", "on this site, but it doesn't seem to answer my question: [What are", "do I refer to it as a \"Dissertation\" or a \"Thesis\"?** For example:", "site, but it doesn't seem to answer my question: [What are the main", "as what is wr...
[ "before final exams, my school (in the US) distributes teaching evaluations. What people", "people will read these? Do people only see these after the final grades", "What people will read these? Do people only see these after the final", "a month before final exams, my school (in the US) distributes teaching...
[ "topic. * Only minimal markings, e.g. pointed out a few grammar/MLA mistakes, no", "attend office hours (which aren't even offered). For 3 months, I've been working", "I do not even know if the instructor read my work. The project", "the instructor read my work. The project is worth a significant portion of",...
[ "Phd supervisor, I wonder if this will make him feel that I am", "potential Phd supervisor, I wonder if this will make him feel that I", "that my email server requests a read receipt every time when I send", "Since I am recently exchanging messages with a potential Phd supervisor, I wonder", "every time whe...
[ "will really appreciate your advice, especially from academic mathematicians. I think one of", "advantageous to mention interest in specific papers published by a given professor. But", "if they are at all interested before asking more specific questions about a", "my Master's in mathematics in Germany and I'...
[ "unable to determine where this rule comes from or why it is there.", "for classes which are required for the degree. I can find lots of", "I was unable to determine where this rule comes from or why it", "degree. I can find lots of university websites that mention this requirement ([here](http://veteranscent...
[ "that: > > \"The most important formal qualification for being able to do", "> doctorate in Germany is a very good higher education degree that is", "education degree that is > recognised in Germany\" > > > \"What is\"", "a > doctorate in Germany is a very good higher education degree that", "that said that...
[ "some time we use our funding to buy things required for our research.", "the funded by the project is over, I wonder who will own those", "things required for our research. They can be pretty cheap (e.g. books) or", "In my research group, some time we use our funding to buy things", "When the funded by the...
[ "my professors to write me recommendation letters and they promptly and kindly accepted", "write me recommendation letters and they promptly and kindly accepted to do that.", "it? Can I send them some kind of gift on a special occasion?", "letter by US post, but it is a little bit weird when we", "that. It ...
[ "funding to a computer science PhD in the United States?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18755/implications-of-being-accepted-without-funding)), that I should", "money and the chance that the applicant is not strong enough for the", "(for example, at [Implications of being accepted without funding...
[ "that are most effective at helping teachers to improve at teaching large lectures?", "so I would like to focus the questions on how to improve myself", "at helping teachers to improve at teaching large lectures? If no research, is", "that I know of, I have been given an opportunity to provide open-ended", ...
[ "across both columns, but that seems only an acceptable solution if the equation", "two-column papers? I've tried splitting them in two or more lines along operators,", "seems only an acceptable solution if the equation is of outstanding importance, e.g.", "more lines along operators, but that still looks a b...
[ "then try to apply them to the assignment questions. Thats what I have", "wordings and then submit it. Its a no brainer, they end up getting", "learn all the background concepts and then try to apply them to the", "that have been asked at other universities before? The questions are the same", "to pass the ...
[ "chance to provide this explanation to admission board however it may be worth", "admission if a) minimum requirement is 100 and b) minimum total requirement is", "(mainly master) admission if a) minimum requirement is 100 and b) minimum total", "requirement is 100 and b) minimum total requirement is 80 and m...
[ "Xplore, ScienceDirect, etc., and some of the sites list the editorial boards directly", "Control Systems conferences, such as HSCC, ACC, ICRA, etc). With institutional access, I", "attempting to add sufficient reference information for our school's Thesis Office. They are", "for reliably finding the Editoria...
[ "a master's program, and one of the required documents is a motivational letter,", "of program. I'm using a LaTeX template which has a nice place to", "for a master's program, and one of the required documents is a motivational", "university logo there. Is this allowed? Is it common? Is it a good", "master'...
[ "a personal statement. I have some short specific in that regard. * At", "want to deeply challenge myself. Obviously, I have a passion for my field", "because I don't know if they'll be perceived in a positive or negative", "I've read a lot on what to include and not to include in", "wrong reasons? This sch...
[ "teenager could not be used without good reason in the future, or could", "not about removal, and is about academic misconduct or general behavior? In cases", "the future? Or does the code of conduct for each university specify that", "a course and is removed because of poor performance (or even if they", "...
[ "trigger different responses. The team believes that these input stimulus are too \"lite\"", "but definitely involves things that people do not talk about while doing these", "using these method, or he will reject it out right claiming an ethical", "be shocked that we have even thought about using these metho...
[ "Thank you for your responses, I should mention that, after my undergrad degree,", "abrupt. However, without it, I'm not sure how to tell why despite being", "degree, I have managed to enrol in one of the top masters program", "my country and I'm doing well there, and also that there was not", "to mention i...
[ "video-conference. Some allow Skype interviews, but others ask for a \"professional\" video-conference, with", "How do researchers that are not currently working for an institution find the", "that are not currently working for an institution find the resources to participate", "use the video-conference room ...
[ "slightly less crazy than it sounds, because it was a summer course.) Let's", "about enforcing them, it's not clear that the relevant chair, dean, or provost", "I could in good faith encourage them to: even when there are written", "aside the question of how good students are at judging what an appropriate", ...
[ "don't. What's the best practice? If giving the grade breakdown at the beginning", "of grade breakdown announced in the syllabus](http://web.mit.edu/6.005/www/fa14/general/) (absolute breakdown): > > Letter grades", "of failure to try to do the homework or show up at the", "it better to use an absolute or rel...
[ "many questions or simply don't have time. What should I do to deal", "till now. I don't know whether she hates my for asking so many", "month onwards till now. I don't know whether she hates my for asking", "whether she hates my for asking so many questions or simply don't have", "went smooth. Whenever I e...
[ "of a paper (in the PDF, not the file name), and decides if", "PDF, not the file name), and decides if this is the same paper.", "a different title. Now, Google Scholar has identified the arXiv version as another", "title of a paper (in the PDF, not the file name), and decides", "is the same paper. Anyway, ...
[ "involved in the review process?** It disappoints me to not be furnished with", "yet encountered a list of reviewers for a specific article and the best", "again the more interesting the contribution may become. Since unfortunately there is an", "publication. Yet, what I am still unclear about is who the revi...
[ "instead of giving hints. Often I've seen TAs present the solution on the", "giving minimal hints to help you along. Is it unethical to ask for", "for a while, I'll post a question on StackExchange, openly acknowledge that it's", "hints. Often I've seen TAs present the solution on the blackboard in front", ...
[ "you just want to learn something (not for a degree in accredited institutions),", "just want to learn something (not for a degree in accredited institutions), it", "for a degree in accredited institutions), it would be much easier if you", "at specific times of the year (not any time). Why is that? If", "c...
[ "the work and make it easier for an interested reader to be guided", "such a publication would highlight the contributions of the work and make it", "working on a particular topic for some years and I have 6-7 publications", "have 6-7 publications on different aspects of the same topic. My supervisor wants", ...
[ "it is actually our responsibility to do so in the biomedical and biotech", "a product using engineering methods. In my field, biomedical engineering, I worry that", "is the only way to get a product to customers. Answers that provide", "product to customers. Answers that provide alternative strategies to ach...
[ "he will be very angry and another heated argument will start again. What", "options open and ends that way. I have to say that he is", "to be able to leave on good terms before I started applying and", "discussions with him were not productive and every time he starts suggesting projects", "my advisor for ...