Timeline for When looking for students to work on a research project: contact good students directly or contact all class then select the good ones?
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| Mar 27, 2016 at 19:33 | vote | accept | Thomas Lee | ||
| Nov 13, 2015 at 11:34 | comment | added | Mindwin Remember Monica | @JeffreyBosboom I stand corrected. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 23:07 | comment | added | Jeffrey Bosboom | @Mindwin I read that sentence as using singular their as a gender-neutral reference to the professor (i.e., his or her). | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 15:36 | comment | added | user3209815 | Of course, all I wanted to imply is that the faculty I know avoided praising the student to get them to work on the project, but rather by emphasizing the subject of the project to gauge whether the student's interests match. Then leave it to the student to think about it and possibly inquire further and/or apply, if interested. That's what I meant by "raising the interest". | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 15:12 | comment | added | Thomas Lee | I agree with you, but some good students may not understand the project well or may not realize their capabilities, so maybe it is the faculty job to invite them directly? Not sure though. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 15:03 | history | answered | user3209815 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |