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How can I deal with students that are too sensitive when they are wrong? Particularly when they answer simple questions incorrectly during class?

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39 votes

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49 votes

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37 votes

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modified May 19 at 19:49

39 votes

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How can I finish my PhD in the next year when I don't have any interesting results yet?

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Jessica

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answered May 18 at 2:52

10 votes

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answered May 12 at 10:57

27 votes

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modified May 16 at 8:37

17 votes

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Keio203

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modified May 11 at 17:36

41 votes

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lupe

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modified May 4 at 13:11

20 votes

9 answers

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I'm the 1st author of a paper in a top conference in my field, and even then my PhD application got rejected from 5 out of 6 programs, is this normal?

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said

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answered May 14 at 11:29

14 votes

8 answers

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Noah Snyder

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answered 5 hours ago

19 votes

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6k views

Am I making a mistake by going to a "mid-tier" program?

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A. I. Breveleri

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answered May 7 at 20:57

29 votes

6 answers

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Should recommendation letters mention a candidate's weaknesses?

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23 votes

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Mead

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answered May 6 at 18:50

22 votes

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What is the smallest reasonable amount of time needed to prepare lectures?

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Is authorship justified for performing an experiment 7 years ago, which is published? We just used samples from that experiment for a new analysis

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Paul T.

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answered Apr 29 at 18:53

23 votes

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Mike

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answered May 15 at 19:58

26 votes

4 answers

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Would it violate copyright to retype a classic mathematics book from the 1960s using modern notation and uploading it online?

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Son Gohan

419

modified May 22 at 9:09

23 votes

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Software for creating hand-written slides that are revealed gradually

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173

modified May 22 at 14:05

28 votes

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Help! I think I'm dealing with a predatory journal

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towr

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answered May 3 at 17:43

23 votes

3 answers

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How to protect ourselves from predatory reviewers?

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modified May 2 at 3:03

12 votes

10 answers

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modified May 8 at 4:05

12 votes

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What level of audience should one aim for in the introduction of a STEM thesis?

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user3653831

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answered May 1 at 19:17

14 votes

6 answers

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Is it ethical to privately thank authors when you discover they’ve cited your work?

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Tom

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answered May 20 at 22:39

10 votes

2 answers

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How can I withdraw a published paper?

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Wolfgang Bangerth

68.8k

answered Apr 27 at 3:00

22 votes

3 answers

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Where are historical research papers stored?

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Daniel S. Fowler

376

modified May 9 at 9:40

25 votes

4 answers

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Is it ethical to ask to see a letter of recommendation if the recommender is dead?

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StephenG - Help Ukraine

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answered May 16 at 0:15

11 votes

4 answers

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Is there a way to know what the eventual URL of an arXiv paper will be before it is submitted?

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Betterthan Kwora

480

answered May 3 at 23:53

8 votes

4 answers

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Can a PhD candidate be a guest editor in a peer reviewed journal?

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Dikran Marsupial

4,358

modified 11 hours ago

10 votes

3 answers

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What should I call my mathematics thesis's 1st chapter that covers background concepts?

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answered May 17 at 2:21

13 votes

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Potential Internet blackout in Russia: could academics in Russia submit a manuscript to an international journal by postmail?

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Noil

297

modified Apr 28 at 7:09

11 votes

6 answers

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When a University changes name after students graduate [duplicate]

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Trunk

1,707

answered Apr 28 at 12:47

20 votes

3 answers

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What can be done when a professor from reputable institute asks me to publish in a predatory journal?

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answered May 19 at 21:22

18 votes

4 answers

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Did my professor act unethically by publishing a paper with a figure from my thesis without any acknowledgement?

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Trunk

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modified 2 days ago

17 votes

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Is it appropriate to discuss authorship while proposing collaboration?

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MWB

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modified May 21 at 3:35

15 votes

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Is it normal for a journal to offer to transfer a rejected manuscript to another (more expensive) journal?

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Allure

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answered May 19 at 16:26

18 votes

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Is it legal if I print PDF files of Springer books for personal use?

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Peter Mortensen

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modified May 9 at 8:44

11 votes

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How important is it to present your paper yourself?

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Glorfindel

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modified May 17 at 14:20

28 votes

2 answers

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Fee for Recommendation letters?

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ti7

325

answered May 14 at 15:22

17 votes

3 answers

5k views

silent bullying during PhD - no one believes me [closed]

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sevensevens

7,304

modified May 13 at 15:52

13 votes

3 answers

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Remote advising for remainder of PhD?

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selene

493

answered May 2 at 21:36

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A jerk is becoming a professor, should I alert their faculty?

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cag51♦

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modified May 15 at 8:28

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anjama

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answered May 2 at 13:59

6 votes

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Buffy

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answered 2 days ago

10 votes

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Who owns private non-profit universities?

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modified May 5 at 22:20

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Should bullet points be used on research posters

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