Questions tagged [students]
Questions pertaining to those being taught at the post-secondary level.
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How to write sop if you are applying for the major that you have never studied?
I have studied science in my school and never attended a single course on economics. However, I am interested in it. How do I include these facts in affirmative way in my sop ?
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Is it appropriate to give a student personal advice?
More often I am approached by some of my students asking for my take in matters that are personal to them. Truly random matters from politics to relationships.
What ought I do? If I offer the advice ...
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What to tell students who want to know how to succeed in your class
Setting is math in the US.
It's quite common for a student who is not doing super well or is worried that they might not be to approach me and ask how they should be studying/what they should be ...
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How important is it for a professor to direct a thesis?
How important is it for a professor to direct a thesis?
I mean, what can the professor get from it? I know it will help for his/her curriculum, but is it too much?
Is the merit equivalent to the ...
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What is an acceptable failure rate in an entry level programming course? [closed]
I'm teaching an entry level programming course at a local college. About 2/3 of the class is getting a b or higher. The last 1/3 are getting f's. I attribute most of the f's to failure to do ...
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Can a teacher to refuse to follow their late work policy? [closed]
My teacher handed out a syllabus at the beginning of the year, claiming to have a late work policy where he only reduces the max percent you can get on an assignment for every day it's late. The ...
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Failing students: Avoidable or not? [closed]
One college lecturer often does not care about failing his students, another does. Say we are talking about a Calculus I class.
A. One fails students because they simply do not achieve the minimum ...
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How widespread is the use of “last author = teacher” on student papers?
In our lab (at Nankai University, in China), students often write papers where they are first author. However, we use a convention where the last author signifies the student's teacher. I feel that ...
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A potential collaborator and PhD student took a commanding tone with me (faculty) – how should I react?
Background about me
I am an early-to-mid-career teaching-track faculty (four years of cross-curricular teaching experience in engineering) in the USA. I teach courses both at the undergraduate and ...
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How to intervene with a student struggling in the major?
As a lecturer, at the start of each semester in all of my courses, I have students complete a first-day diagnostic quiz on topics from the prerequisite course. There are usually a few significant ...
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Avoiding use of a red pen in providing handwritten comments on student work
As is common practice, I usually have used a red pen to grade student work and provide edits and comments on papers I collaborate on. However, I was speaking recently with an elementary school teacher ...
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Why don't more professors utilize their students as research help? [closed]
With more and more data science students being interested in collaborative communities like Kaggle, and with faculty constantly being asked to do more with the same amount of resources, there seems to ...
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Skills gap for high-school to university transitions
I can find a bunch of articles about the skills gap between university graduates and job requirements, but it seems that there are limited resources on the skills gaps that high school students have ...
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Are there areas where only some universities that pay their sports scholars?
I have a feeling this is off-topic because this is about undergrad and not about research, but this question Why do American colleges and universities have sports teams? isn't closed, so yeah here ...
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Is it acceptable to look up a student on the Internet to find out whether I have a conflict of interest?
This is a follow-up to this question, which I ask due to debates arising in the comments. While I ask it in the first person to keep things simple, it is not based on a real experience of mine.
One ...
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Teaching the daughter of a lecturer, while being simultaneously enrolled in his course
I'm a student in a bachelor program at a local university, while I'm also a teacher (professional school) of apprenticeship students within the same sphere of study.
A few days ago I received the ...
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Can professor dictate dress code for class room? [duplicate]
This is the first week of fall semester in our university. It is still very hot and I understand everyone has right to wear what he/she wants to wear. But I my class one female student is wear too ...
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Are there any good statistics on students who are second generation in higher education? [closed]
We do a lot of statistical analysis on students who are first-generation HE; the first generation in their family to attend University.
But are there any similar studies on students who are second-...
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Can we submit part of our assignment after deadline? [closed]
I have a deadline for handing in my assignments. One of them is tricky and I need to think more. I coded it but I am not 100 % sure that is right. Can I think more about it after deadline of ...
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Seeking PhD students on traditional job sites
I am considering seeking my first PhD student through a job site (indeed, etc).
I am starting an assistant professorship,hope to attract a PhD student this fall, and lack the name recognition to ...
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On some cases where exam results are manipulated
This problem has been bothering me as a lecturer and future PhD student for a while now.
A student just finishes filling his exam sheet. He then gives the sheet to the lecturer. The lecturer is then ...
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What to do about referral for student I would not recommend?
In my field (computer science), students often get jobs through referrals, where faculty members pass on the student's resume to someone employed at the company the student wants to work at. In an ...
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How likely is it for a student to be expelled from university for online posts they wrote as a minor? [closed]
There have been stories recently of students who were expelled from university for derogatory things they said online. It got me wondering if a student would be expelled for saying something ...
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Should I submit my paper to a journal that accepts papers quickly?
Should I submit my paper to a journal that accepts quickly?
One of my batch-mate got accepted in a journal within 1 month. The journal was also listed on predatory journal's list.
Please advise.
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Can self-funded international students be denied admission based on absence of scholarship/fellowship?
Is having a scholarship/fellowship mandatory for graduate studies (MSc) for an international student?
I told my potential supervisor that I can fund my studies on my own through an education loan, ...
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For German undergraduate and graduate math classes, does the professor or assistant write the exercise sheets?
For German undergraduate and graduate math classes, does the professor or assistant write the exercise sheets?
In the United States it is typical for the professor to write them. I am curious what ...
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Determining student understanding of a question based on given answer [closed]
I am asking this in regard to all levels of education, however, I am aware that this forum is primarily for higher education. I would like to know what elements of an answer are indicative of the ...
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Can I publish a paper with a group that is different than the one I start with?
I am an undergraduate who did research at my university a little while back. It was funded by a non-profit research organization, and I was paid with this money, through the university. I worked alone,...
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I think my degree isn’t great. What to do?
I'm a full time employee (20 years), adjunct instructor (10 years), and student (off and on, currently on and about done with a 4-year degree) all at the same institution.
I've been programming for ...
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Would it be arrogant for me to offer my professor material on the module they teach?
I am a first year CS undergraduate taking a module on differential equations. For part of this module I did a personal project on the motion of simple harmonic systems (damped and undamped) which I ...
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Would showing up only for tests be frowned upon by most professors? [closed]
Because of a personal situation, I'm currently unable to attend most lectures (lately none) of a particular math class. However, I have a friend in my section who keeps me updated with the material ...
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Getting admission for specialty for medical students?
I have a friend who studies medical sciences, who just finished his general practice studies in another country. Now she is trying to get an admission and come to the US to continue her specialty. I ...
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How to reduce the distance between academics and students? [closed]
While this may appear a quite open-ended question I think it is quite pertinent for a large number of subjects.
Considering undergraduate classes, particularly for students who are coming straight ...
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What are strategies for handling multiple students visiting office hours?
Context: I am an assistant professor of mathematics at a small liberal arts college in the US.
I hold a scheduled office hour every weekday, plus additional hours near exams. Office hours are a ...
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Can a university provide information about a student's activities?
In the United States, if anyone, be it a relative, a colleague, potential employer, or colleague, requests to the pertinent department, in the university I study/ied in, certain information about ...
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What are the biggest differences transitioning from undergrad to grad school?
I was recently accepted into a graduate biophysics program and have a couple questions about what I should expect going into my first semester. While I'm going into a physics PhD, I'd like general ...
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What could be the possible consequence if a professor knows about a student's review?
Suppose, a student left a negative comment about a professor in the university's confidential review page. Somehow the professor guesses who the student was.
What can the student do if the professor ...
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Increasing the chance of being accepted by keeping a Ph.D. Co-Author
As a final year student (B.Sc.) I wrote a paper, but didn't keep my supervisor as co-author since he hadn't contributed at all (in research and paper-writing). I am about to submit my paper to a ...
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What to do if a student claims to have turned in the homework but I could not find it?
I am teaching a course in a college and assignment homework on a regular basis. Usually I collect all homework in the class and later my student secretary grades all the homework and return them to ...
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How to get in situ anonymous global evaluation from students about the works of their peers
My undergraduate students are going to present their group works to the whole class. I would like that their companions globally and anonymously evaluate them, so that each team can in situ get a ...
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How to improve student seminar presentations and seminar papers
During the last semester my supervisor Prof. X held a seminar for bachelor and master students (mostly computer scientists). According to the study regulations the students have to
give scientific ...
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How to react when encountering students who have previously failed my course?
Context: I am an assistant professor of mathematics at a small liberal-arts college in the US.
I did my graduate work at a large public university, and there I rarely encountered students who had ...
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Thanking professor with dinner delivery [duplicate]
There is a professor who has made several reference letters for me, and I would like to thank him. However, I have some doubts as to whether it would at all be appropriate to thank him with dinner ...
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What is the best methodology to select a major? (Diploma and academic courses)
Alright this question needs a little more context. This is not about me but I will define the situation as if it were for myself, so feel free to ask me directly for clarifications.
I'm a German ...
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The meaning of “paper” in the context of undergraduate students
The word "paper" on this site seems to be extensively used to refer to serious scientific publications/articles by PhD students and other researchers.
Now I am coming across its use by students ...
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My mentor during my master's degree was a PhD student. Does this lower my chances to get a PhD position in good universities?
My master's mentor was a PhD student in my university.
I had an interview in a Dutch University for a PhD position, and the committee made me feel weird about my former mentor being a PhD student. ...
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Is it discrimination to hold someone from a minority or underprivileged background to the same academic standard as regular students? [closed]
Suppose a graduate student is found to be noticeably or even significantly behind in overall academic and research competence. For example, they may have significantly weaker language and ...
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Appropriate way to discuss genetic conditions in a large lecture?
I want to cover the topic of achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, in a large introductory biology lecture. How can I discuss it in an appropriately sensitive way, one that respects people ...
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How to deal with class partner who always wants to answer professor's question?
I have just started master's in math. There is a class with a very "powerful" (great researcher) professor and I'm taking it. However, there is a classmate of mine who, every time the professor asks a ...
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What to do if bullied by students?
I've recently been the subject of bullying by a group of students. I taught a difficult module alongside another module, which was taught by somebody else. The other module was much easier and offered ...
