Queries related to universities, as an institution of higher eduacation that grants academic degrees and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.
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What if I can make a profit for an assignment/project I did similar to “Google”? [duplicate]
This is kind of like the google story. We are currently doing an project individually. The idea I came up with can be used as a website that can make profit. My question is, let's say I was able to ...
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Why do universities tolerate uploading papers on their websites?
Lots of professors provide their full papers published by scholarly journals on their personal website (in the university official domain). PDF files of their final papers published by different ...
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Master of Engineering vs Master of Science?
I am a Final Year Mechanical Engineering student.
I want to do my Masters in the Design Engineering field.
Currently I can see 2 options:
Master of Science - offered in many Universities ex: ...
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Any book/guide for university managers?
Academic scholars have written many books guiding managers at different business/industry positions. I wondered that I was unable to find any noticeable book describing the roles of a department head, ...
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Is it safer to carry on undergraduate research areas to gradschool or start from scratch in an unknown area?
This question is in spirit a very general one. When a person (say in CS) is choosing among multiple options for gradschool, which one would experience and prudence point towards? Along with research ...
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Is it ethical for a part-time professor to use his position for other interests?
There is a professor who works part-time at a university as a moderator of one of their student groups. He does not teach any actual classes but spends a hugely considerable amount of time with the ...
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Top universities in USA offering 1 year in Masters in Computers [closed]
I am a Software Engineer with almost 3 years of experience as Java Developer. I am planning to apply for 1 year Masters in Computers in USA for Spring 2014. I have been searching the internet for a ...
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Why is Howard University still predominantly black?
Today, I read the name “Howard University” on a list, and since I had no idea where it was, I looked it up. I was amazed from their website because, well, most people on the photos there are black!
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How does a university award honorary doctorate?
Important scholars (e.g. Nobel laureates) regularly receive honorary doctorate from different universities. I know that the Board of Trustees (or a similar board) reviews available nominations and ...
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Giving back to alma mater
What is the usual expectation of a student by an alma mater? Usually students quit after becoming a part of the alumni association. The contacts are by and large severed a few months after leaving a ...
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Can post graduate students be forbidden to work in the institution they are studying?
I have seen some graduate (PhD and Masters) students in Turkey, Nigeria, Malaysia etc that can not work in the university they study. In fact I am one of them as I am about to finish Msc mathematics ...
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How to convert from one grading scheme to another
I'm trying to figure out the equivalence between grade schemes in different countries.
According to some Google results:
If you are a U.S. citizen, you need a GPA of 3.2+ (it varies, some say 3.2 ...
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How do you make connections to faculty outside your department?
I feel like the answer to this question should be obvious, but it doesn't seem to be.
Anyway, in my second year on the tenure track, I find myself more confined to my corner of the ivory tower than I ...
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lecturing (teaching methods) for a diverse group of students
I just started teaching three courses at small medical training college: anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and microbiology. Most of the students have a weak background in the sciences, and ...
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Professorship without PhD in the United States
In the discussion made in comments to this question, it has been stated that in France, it is possible (though improbable) to become a professor without having PhD. It made me curious if there is such ...
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How to arrange sabbatical leave?
Sabbatical leave is very common as it is nice to spend a year as a visiting professor in another university and experience a new environment.
It is very beneficial for the host university to have a ...
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How to balance application for a faculty position between exceptional and ordinary?
Following the opposite factors described in answers to the question What makes securing faculty positions difficult?, I came to conclusion that an application for an academic position should be ...
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“Telecommuting” in academia
In business (e.g. IT industry) remote work (aka "telecommuting") can be relatively common (see e.g. a recent StackOverflow blog post). It is exceedingly rare (or even nonexistent) in academia, even ...
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What does it mean by a “research university”?
For example, University of Maryland, Baltimore County is said to be a research university. (Same thing for Rice University, for example.)
Are there "non-research universities" also? What is the ...
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Is doing a PhD just for the university requirement is a good idea?
I have an MSc degree and I work at university as a lecturer. However, the university has a policy where you should do your PhD within a given time frame. The problem is that I'm not interested in any ...
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How to deal with students who didn't attend the exams?
My course require students to take 2 mid-term exams and one final exam. What should I do if some students didn't attend the first mid-term exam or the second one. Should I mark them Zero or repeat the ...
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How do you get started organizing a class?
As an academic in the university, how do you organize your self from the beginning of a semester?
For example:
How do you take the absent students names?
How do prepare your materials?
How do you ...
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Any suggestions to create and maintain a good research atmosphere
I am starting my PhD in Computer Science next semester in a relatively small department (around 20 faculty members). I have been to the university a few times and I noted the collaboration among ...
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Postdoc supervisor's impact when applying for a follow-up job
I'm currently a postdoc and I'm planning to apply for faculty positions soon. However, I'm pretty sure that my current supervisor wants me to stay on for another year. When applying for a job, I'm ...
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what is RARE organisation in the context of hypertext systems?
I am digging "dead bodies" meaning that i analyse alternatives to the web system which were popular in early 90s and seems to be found the relevant report.
The problem is author is ...
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Do university rankings matter for research? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
University rank/stature - How much does it affect one’s career post-Ph.D?
Do rankings of universities matter while pursuing research or should I be more concerned about ...
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How to improve myself as a lecturer?
I am a new lecturer in the field of Computer Science. I got my MSc and I would like to go for a PhD. However, I would like to improve my teaching methods and way of thinking before I pursue this goal. ...
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Is it possible for the international graduate student to take the exam of professional courses?
I would like to know whether the international graduate student can also take the exam of professional courses such as CPA,or CFA?Are there any legal restrictions?
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Can international graduate student take the free online courses offered in Coursera?
Is it necessary to notify to the graduate school when taking the free online courses?
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How to respond to the teacher who puts the feet up while talking to student?
A friend of mine who is from Japan told me that his professor in USA puts the feet up while talking to him. He was saying that he felt very bad with that. Is this acceptable culture in USA academia?
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Are there any accredited universities in the world offering students the option of acquiring a BA/BSc in psychology completely online?
I travel a lot and I'm interested in getting a psychology degree but after researching online I still haven't been able to find a good university that offers the choice to complete a psych degree by ...
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Are academic indicators (h-index, impact factor, etc) really adopted by institutions? Currently used? And how?
Academic indicators (h-index, impact factor, modified h-indexes, etc) have a long string of criticism by academics and not (see here, here or here).
Instead of debating (endlessly) on how "not ...
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Is it ethical to request additional money for non-research related work in a research lab as a grad student?
I work in a computational research lab as a graduate research assistant. We're all funded under various grants to do research in our field and we are also working on a thesis, which may or may not be ...
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Research Information System
My employer is considering implementing Atira PURE to help manage grant applications and grant funding at the university level.
Seems like it might have some benefits... but could also add a costly ...
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How essential is your GPA for admissions to PhD programs to US universities in Theoretical Physics?
I am a Physics undergrad aspiring to pursue mathematical physics(string theory etc) as a future career. How much importance is given to your GPA by grad schools in the US or Europe for admitting ...
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How do I go about publishing a paper without a university affiliation?
I graduated with a B.S. degree and I have been working in industry for a few years as a software engineer. I am very interested in reinforcement learning, a sub-field of machine learning, and I am ...
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How does the ranking of a university relate to a future career in mathematics?
Although I am an active user of SE, I have chosen to remain anonymous because of the nature of this question. I am currently a graduate student at a university that lands in the mid 70s among U.S. ...
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How to interview a candidate for a university teaching position?
We are interviewing some candidates for a part-time teaching faculty position to teach 2 upper level undergraduate courses in mathematics.
Since it is my first time to be in such committee and since ...
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Coordination of a class taught by different professors: how to be fair to the students?
A typical freshman course on calculus has about 100 students every semester. If the course is divided into 4 sections, each has 25 students and a different instructor.
Because the instructors are ...
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How to introduce myself briefly in a get together for new faculty members?
For the new faculty orientation, there is a get together where they will ask every new faculty member of all departments to say a few words about him/her self.
What are the best practices regarding ...
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Dismissed by my committee
I attended a doctoral program and was completing it in 3 to 4 years. I got a life-threatening sickness that set me back several years. When nearing my dissertation I was dismissed. I was told that I ...
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What does “tenure” mean?
I often find academics with tenured bracketed beside their position. What is meant by a tenured position? Is this different from a permanent teaching position?
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Tips for faculty members seeking administrative responsibilities
How does a faculty member seek administrative responsibilities in a Department? Do such positions come in a cycle only? Or should the faculty member make his/her willingness known in advance to the ...
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What makes securing faculty positions difficult?
This question is an off-shoot from this one, where it has been agreed by most that securing faculty positions is difficult in general. I would like to know what exactly makes this so.
Though in ...
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How common is faculty members changing jobs in the US?
Faculty members switch between universities for many reasons, but how often does this happen? Has there been any study/report on the frequency of job shifts and resignations in academia, especially in ...
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Is work experience necessary for tenure-track positions?
In India, a minimum of 3 years of work experience is necessary to be appointed as an assistant professor in any of the IITs. (Years during the PhD or master's are not counted, but any year spent ...
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Publication sponsorship for research conducted elsewhere
Do universities sponsor a student's conference travel and publication costs if the research on the paper has been done elsewhere? For example, a student may have published a paper during a master's at ...
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How does a faculty member get to work at two universities or more?
This question is a follow-up on a comment at a recent question, where Dave Clarke mentioned that an acquaintance of his has "3 professorships and 2 doctorates".
How does a faculty member get to be ...
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What is the difference between research intensive vs. research extensive universities?
I keep hearing these terms being thrown around at conferences, but I'm not really sure what they really mean, if there is any difference between them.
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Questions regarding PhD in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics at US universities
I have a few questions regarding admission into a PhD program in Applied Linguistics or Linguistics at US universities. I could not find any other valuable online sources regarding Linguistics for the ...
