Questions tagged [students]
Questions pertaining to those being taught at the post-secondary level.
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Is being shy a sufficient reason to avoid in-person meetings? [closed]
Suppose, hypothetically there is a group project. We can either meet in person or online. The choice is not democratic though because according to the university guidelines, everybody must agree on ...
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Should grad students accept yelling by supervisors? [closed]
In my opinion, yelling and disrespecting should not be the case between supervisor(s) and their grad students regardless of how well or poor the student is doing. Supervisors are usually holding the ...
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What are the qualities needed to be a good english teacher? [closed]
It's my first time using this site. I have a question that's been on my mind for a while.
What do you think are some qualities of a good English teacher?
Context:
Currently, I'm still pursuing my ...
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Is it possible to transfer university midway through the first month of university? [closed]
I'm a university student in Ontario Canada. For personal reasons, I am looking to move to another university right now (ASAP). I'm a second-year student on my 3rd day of classes. Which U I will move ...
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Can a paper be submitted to a journal if I submit it to a conference?
I’m interested in submitting a paper for a Student Paper Award at a conference. I’m wondering whether I can submit the same paper to a peer reviewed journal after the conference ends. Does the answer ...
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Ethics of dating former students/professors [duplicate]
In many US universities (public and private) it is generally regarded against the code of conduct/unethical for a professor to have a romantic relationship with a current student.
However, generally ...
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How best to phrase short feedback to students?
I'm a CS professor who regularly gives feedback on 1st-semester student programming assignments around code styling issues (i.e., grammar, punctuation, spacing, etc.; following the format of our ...
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Determination of College Grades
Suppose a professor liked a student because he was "nice" and was hard working but objectively received bad grades.
Is it against the rules to inflate the grade of the student in a US ...
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Professors' opinions on former students [closed]
Suppose student A did horrible in college but somehow managed to graduate. Also suppose Professor B did not like the student while he was in his class.
Is it generally considered awkward if student A (...
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Is it possible to publish scientific research without deep and scientific terms that are very accurate?
I am a very beginner and I want to publish my first research in theoretical physics. I do not yet have the terminology of experts in this field. Is it possible to accept a research in physics without ...
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Missed online exam, Is there anything I can do?
Prior to this morning, there was no indication that the exam would only be at a specific time window. Nothing on the syllabus, class schedule, calendar, announcements.... I could go on. Nada- nothing ...
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2nd canadian student visa?
I was granted a Canadian student visa in 2019 (expires Nov 2021), but I didn't get on well with the course so had to come back again to reapply to a different course. Will I be given a second student ...
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Is it ethical to hire someone to program for a study project?
There is a small study project at university Z if someone did it and wrote a report, will be award an extra certificate. The project can be done as group work. The project was started with 2 person X ...
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Should I mail my advisor concerning his attitude towards me, and possible re-use of my ideas by a colleague?
I have been doing some research for my masterthesis. I had a supervisor for this task, who was (to my opinion) quite harsh and unhelpful in his feedback. I pursued it nevertheless, and continued on ...
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Can I refer my sibling for a PhD position under my supervisor? How should I approach this?
I am an international student who is completing a master's degree. I am very happy working with my professor at the university. I am a good student. My professor and I have some successful projects ...
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What to do with students requesting deadline extension due to the death of a relative (but without a doctor's note)?
I am currently working as a teaching assistant for several courses in STEM in the US at the college level.
During the past two semesters since Covid19 started, I have noticed that whenever a deadline ...
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Writing a topical review paper with co-author(s)
Let assume a journal accepted a topical review proposal I submitted. It's often a good approach for a student like me (PhD student) to coauthor the paper with a more experienced researcher who is ...
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Professor using student paper as an example of what not to do in class?
So a professor used a grad student's paper (anonymously) as an example of what not to do or what she doesn't want to see in the papers. The student was blindsided as the student wasn't notified that ...
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Students admit illicit behavior in private communication: how should I proceed?
I am an adjunct professor at a University for a course where the students have to use a certain software "X" during the course. The software is distributed under a proprietary license; our ...
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How much is an undergraduate student paid during fulltime internship in a research lab in India? [closed]
An 3rd year undergraduate computer science student is doing several months full time internship at a research lab in the university. What is an usual budget for such a student per month?
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Do professors ever befriend former students? [closed]
A couple semesters ago I had a professor that had a pretty big impact on my academic career as well as my personal life. Through a series of events the professor came to know this and also come to ...
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Are Graduate Fellowships or Research assistants in state university considered a government employees in US?
I am applying for a post which asks me
you ever part of government entity like federal/state/local government entities including publicly funded universities.
I was a research assistant with ...
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How can a student evaluate themself?
For background, I'm a first year PhD student in a mathematics program. Basically, I can't tell if I'm "where I should be".
As an undergrad, I read before class and lecture felt like a nice ...
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Doubt about a study technique [closed]
How to revise analytical subjects like Material Science and Engineering the night before the exam or maybe when the exam lies in three days. For mathematically oriented subjects what I basically do ...
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How can I deal with students who try to steer a course (in the online setting)?
I am not a course instructor, but I am a teaching assistant for a large course in STEM in the large US school. I have been soliciting advice from students to improve the course and tutorial for the ...
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Software recommendation for software for scheduling appointments with students
Due to the pandemic I need to make some appointments with students for teleconferencing. Ideally I want to plan 3 students in half an hour intervals. The idea is that I want to :
have some group oral ...
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Is it appropriate for professors to ask students to type notes for their classes (with or without paying students) in United States?
I wonder if it is appropriate for professors to ask their students in class to type notes (in latex whatever) for the classes they are teaching and if there is any "elegant" way for students ...
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problem with online class
I am a student at my local community college taking prenursing classes. my professor for A&P II requires a 360 camera while taking all the tests online on response. I have two small kids who I ...
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Our final exam has us work in pairs. I am struggling with personal issues and worried about being able to pull my weight. Should I ask to work alone?
I am an undergrad about to graduate this month. I've been dealing with post-traumatic stress and severe depression for almost two years now. This time of year is especially difficult for me due to ...
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What happens if my code teacher doesn't know how to code? [closed]
I'm a simple student who is having some problems with their IT studies. The thing is that my (Java) code teacher doesn't know how to code, and I don't say it, he has told it to us during more than one ...
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I am (likely) being accused of cheating by my professor, what do I do? [closed]
I took my final last Wednesday (it’s Monday) and on Friday I received an email from my professor asking to meet to discuss my performance on the final. I got a little stressed but was more worried ...
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What questions could I ask students in an online questionnaire to improve my online teaching?
Like many of us, I imagine, I have been giving online lectures, tutorials, Q&A sessions, exams, etc. for almost a year (and I just realized that it has, indeed, been almost a year...).
I have been ...
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How do I tell my private teacher I want to stop learning subject with him/her [closed]
I would like to tell it politely, because there is a chance I will hire the teacher in the future. Now I just want to stop working with the teacher.
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Taking up a part-time job along with Hiwi [closed]
I'm a Non EU national and I have been doing a Hiwi (Student Assistant) for more than a year at a German University. I work 19hrs/week. My contract is about to end on December 31st. However, as I had ...
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What does "abstract aspects" of a subject mean? [closed]
For example, political theory deals with the abstract aspects of politics, and similarly, there is theoretical (abstract) physics. Why are they called abstract or theoretical? Is something that we ...
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As a Master Thesis supervisor, how should I assist students with poor fundamental skills (e.g., problem solving)?
I am currently working as a research assistant at a University and one of my tasks is to supervise the Master Thesis projects of students in our lab. Most of the projects I manage are related to ...
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Is it inappropriate to use school-provided remote learning tools to pursue friendship or relationship with another student?
Note: I am currently not enrolled in any courses, whether remote or in-person. This question is based on a post I saw a couple days ago on Reddit where someone asked a similar question.
Now that ...
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How can I convince my students to speak louder?
Freshers sometimes speak almost inaudibly, even after asking them to speak loudly. Now, with facemasks, it's even worse, I am not allowed to approach them too much, and it demands a lot of energy to ...
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Are math grad students increasingly consulting SE and Wiki, ignoring research librarians and libraries, to their own detriment?
Judging by posts and comments by graduate students in math.stackexchange.com and mathoverflow.net, I have come to the conclusion that a large part of their knowledge comes from SE sites and the ...
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Where is your line with students on social media?
I will be giving lectures for the first time this semester starting in 2 weeks (online due to covid), some students already started to add me and follow me on social media (LinkedIn mainly for now). I ...
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Are Japanese professors responsible for their students' behavior outside the university?
The question How should I approach a Tokyo University professor to join their lab? has an answer by RoboKaren saying:
For professors in Japan, taking on students is a tremendous
responsibility and ...
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Do UK students' unions remove you as a member once you finish your programme? [closed]
I'm in a UK University and the students' union adds all new students automatically as their members. Will they remove me as a member once I have completed my programme?
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I'm 23, completing a Business BSc, should I start a Computer Science BSc? [closed]
I‘m just curious and looking for some other opinions. I am currently pursuing my last year of my Bsc in Business. Because of that, I’m strongly thinking about my future and playing with the thought to ...
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How do you deal with your Rate My Professor ratings? [duplicate]
I recently saw my ratings on RateMyProfessor.com and it's very disheartening to see all the negative reviews from a course for which I worked so hard. Comments like "sh***y professor" are ...
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How to deal with student with low self-awareness about health condition?
Summary: Student got defensive when I suggested he might have some neurologial issue that should be checked, should I apologize or how to address the issue?
I am a PhD student advising a student ...
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What are the economic incentives for professors to hire and train graduate students?
I am a current graduate student at a research-oriented university. Nonetheless, for me, it is a big mystery why and how the professors are incentivised to recruit and train the graduate students.
In ...
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Is the death of a girlfriend's father a reasonable excuse for a student to miss a class?
I just received an email from an undergrad student in a course that I am teaching.
The student informed me that his girlfriend's father passed away,
and so he will be unable to attend my class because
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Is it common to ask professors for an editable copy of their lecture notes (so I can improve them)?
I'm a grad student in Italy, for context. My professor wrote some lecture notes about a course I just finished. They are not well written, not because the professor isn't good but because he wrote ...
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Should I discuss with professor before joining research internship? [closed]
Hypothetically: a MS student, and have an offer for an internship related to what I've been academically working on. I know some information on the current projects of the people that work in the same ...
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Teaching with a textbook
In the past, I was only teaching graduate-level courses where I was creating the material myself. It was slides with material from various books, research papers, and my own work. Accompanied by ...
