Questions tagged [united-states]
On standards or conventions specific to the United States higher education system, which differs in structure and style from the systems in other parts of the world.
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Using a similar application essay I used before
I recently submitted an application essay for a pre-college program, and was accepted. I'm particularly proud of my essay; I put my best into it.
Now, after the pre-college program, I intend to apply ...
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Why are academic libraries public? [closed]
According to the Global Library Statistics the United States consists of 3793 academic libraries with more than 7 million users. They are visiting their university library like other people the postal ...
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Do most Mathematics Phd programs accept class credit from a masters program to transfer?
I'm considering entering into a terminal masters in mathematics program. I was wondering if after completing the masters, if most US PhD programs will accept the masters graduate classes I took as ...
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Is there maximum amount of salary for postdoc? [closed]
I'm a Ph.D. researcher at a company, and my company wants to send me to a laboratory for postdoc training.
In this case, is there maximum amount of salary for postdoc?
Of course my company will fund ...
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Government Shutdown - application deadlines for fellowships and grants [closed]
Will application deadlines for federally-funded fellowships and grants be extended, due to the ongoing government shutdown here in the States? Is there even anyone to contact (and get a response from)...
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Was there ever a time in American history when humanities PhDs were more sought after than STEM PhDs?
Was there ever a time in American history when there was greater interest in a humanities PhD, say, a PhD in Philosophy or Creative Writing, than a STEM PhD?
Perhaps during the period of time ...
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Why don't some U.S. colleges celebrate American national holidays?
I was just catching up with a friend about the plunging temperatures in the towns that we live in, and they brought up that they actually have classes today, on Martin Luther King day, which is a ...
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Is there a difference in perception between a UK and a US Masters?
I grew up in the UK and I have a Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering from a highly-rated UK University. However, for the past 7 years I have been living and working as an Engineer in the US.
I am ...
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Straight To PHD or work with an MA as part time professor?
So I've recently applied for my PHD in Economics and have found a a couple job offers to be a part time professor at a college (not a university) which only require an Masters degree. The contract is ...
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FAFSA for US PhD (hard sciences — physics) students?
I have a question regarding filling out the FAFSA or not as a incoming PhD student.
What is the benefit of filling out the FAFSA if you are a(n) (incoming) PhD student? In the US (at least in physics),...
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Short postdoc abroad
I'm looking for some career/life advice. I am currently 9 months into my first postdoc job in the US (originally 1 year contract) in the life sciences, after finishing a PhD in the UK. My contract ...
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Can one earn money from a product developed during research?
I have recently shared a video on LinkedIn about a project I was involved in while working as a part-time Research Assistant. Besides this project, I have a number of other robots that might be ...
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What should the startup package consist of at US (primarily) undergraduate institutions?
What should one list in the startup funds if you are taking up a tenure-track position at a public undergraduate university in the US, mostly focused on teaching? I'm asking specifically for ...
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Grade conversion for PhD application: Masters in France -> Phd in the US (Math)
I am Masters student in France and I am considering pursuing PhD in the US.
Grading in France seems to be less uniform then in other countries, which results (from my experience) in that getting 90% ...
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Why would a small paper (10 pages) with an important result take over a year to get accepted?
Below is an example that I had in mind, but my question is more general: does the reputation of some authors cause their papers to be prioritized for review sooner than other important papers, e.g. ...
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What's the logic behind the European grading system? Why did they make it so confusing? [closed]
The European grading system also follows an ABCDEF system like in the US.
However, an A in an European grading system is worth more than an A in an American system.
So what is the point of using ...
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How can I pay for medical school in the US?
So I have a bachelor's degree and am planning on applying to medical school this year (in the US). I've previously used federal student aid to cover the cost of my undergraduate degree.
My question ...
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How does the government shutdown in the United States affect research projects at universities and national labs?
Has federally funded research at universities and work done at the national labs in the United States been halted due to the government shutdown?
If so, what typically happens then?
Do researchers ...
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Letter of Recommendation for Business Analystics from Satisfied Client
I'm looking at MSBA programs in the United States and have the two recommended academic references lined, but should get a third reference slot open. Between my previous jobs I worked freelance and ...
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likelihood of Master's application being rejected due to obsolete GRE and IELTS scores [closed]
For those who submit obsolete GRE and IELTS scores (good scores), how likely is it for the admissions committee to reject/throw away the applications due to this? Will they instead review applications ...
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funding for current Master's students in the USA
If one didn't obtain any funding before being admitted into a Master's program, is it hard to find funding in the middle of the Master's? Are RAs and TAs strictly reserved of PhDs? Any funding other ...
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apply for a Master's, already holding a PhD in a similar field [duplicate]
If one has a PhD in a similar field and goes apply for a Master's, will that hurt his/her chance of getting accepted? In the Statement of objectives, one can argue for some slight nuances between the ...
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TOEFL IELTS GRE scores expired but with work experiences in English speaking countries [closed]
If one wants to apply for grad school in the USA, and one's TOEFL, IELTS, GRE scores all expired, but one has all the following experiences able to prove ones' English proficiency:
one did an ...
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Is it appropriate to ask a professor how my grade was calculated?
I took a graduate course (C.S) in a U.S university. We were not provided with any grading scale in the syllabus. I was assigned a letter grade but I have no idea how it was calculated. Below is an ...
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Best practices for sample size in disaggregation of data on educational outcomes
The California community college where I teach has a prescribed system for collecting and analyzing data on students' success and then disaggregating the data by race. As a department, we are required ...
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Reporting a student who may be psychologically disturbed
Yesterday, a colleague from my school's history department brought me a student's final project from her history class. The assigned project was to produce a "creative" project dealing with ...
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Why attend predatory colleges in the US?
I just read this article about predatory colleges in the US:
S. Cagle, These students were ruined by predatory colleges. Now they’re getting even.
I am not from the US and didn't ask in the ...
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Differences Between Academic Research Positions in US and Canada?
I am considering the possibility of applying for a faculty or possibly other research positions at a Canadian university. I am curious to know what are the differences in terms of work experience, ...
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Junior faculty/senior faculty grant sharing
I am a junior faculty (research assistant professor) in a full professo's lab. I was a postdoc in this lab and got promoted to Asst. Prof. due to the grants I brought in to the lab. Oct 2017 I wrote ...
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Can departments sanction students who do not take sufficient precautions to protect their work?
One of my colleagues was teaching an introductory programming course this past spring. He discovered several students cheating by taking code from a public GitHub repository, which contained all the ...
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When does the grad school classes begin [closed]
I want to know that when does the classes for grad school begin in US universities. Is it divided into two like summer and fall as i have seen in the websites of universities or does it have a ...
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Obtaining academic positions after doing research in logic
Suppose one is starting their math PhD in the US and is considering doing research in logic. Let's roughly split "logic" into "pure logic" and "applied logic".
How hard will it be for them to get ...
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As temporary faculty, how to deal with a colleague who, via email, questions agreements made in a meeting? [closed]
I'm on a short-term contract with a local state university. I have been teaching there as an adjunct for a while, but a full-time faculty needed to take emergency leave so I was asked to cover their ...
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Do private religious institutions ever consider hiring someone clearly not affiliated with said religion for a faculty position? [duplicate]
I am wondering if private religious universities consider hiring faculty members who are clearly not affiliated with said religion. For example, someone who is clearly Muslim applying to a Jesuit ...
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Mention a specific potential adviser and project in the PhD statement of purpose
I am writing my statement of purpose for my Ph.D. and I want to work in a specific field with a specific professor in the department that I am going to apply for and I have a very good experience in ...
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U.S. universities on-campus residence for International PhD students?
I want to ask generally, do most U.S. universities offer on-campus accommodation for International Ph.D. students Who are married?
If the student is benefitted from scholarships {Free tuition and ...
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Is it necessary that your partner (wife/husband) have English proficiency, when you are going to study abroad? [closed]
I decided to go study Ph.D. in the United States. Is it necessary that my wife be good at English?
I am expressly interested in legal and statutory requirements of English proficiency for a spouse if ...
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Can I say no when my principal investigator asks me to help cover lectures next semester?
I'm a postdoc at a US university, and my principal investigator (PI) asked me to cover some of his lectures next semester. I do not want to do any lecturing as I want to focus solely on my research. I ...
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What happens to NSF funding when someone passes away?
A young professor at my old university recently passed away. They were still in the process of setting up their lab, taking on graduate students, etc.
What will happen to their NSF funding now? ...
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How to react to a student proselytising during office hours?
A few weeks ago, a student asked me during my office hours whether I was religious or not. More specifically, he asked whether I believed in his religion, and was visibly disappointed when I replied ...
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Faculty job in France VS US
In September I got a (permanent) junior faculty position in France. The academic year is about to finish and I am taking stock of the year to see if that is really the right place for me to be. Before ...
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Emails being ignored by University
I am a graduate student in the U.S., specifically California although I am not sure it matters.
After three months in the American university system I am almost convinced there is an organizational ...
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What is a reasonable expectation for privacy of exam and homework grades?
I went to a large public state school for undergrad. In most of my classes, great measures were taken to keep assignment and exam grades private. When I became a TA, I had to complete a privacy/...
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In American universities, why are academics placed in managerial and administrative functions?
I'm a new hire at an R1 university in the United States. My position focuses on the administration of research. Before coming here, I worked in private industry and government agencies - but this is ...
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How does the testing method and possibility of cheating in an entirely online degree affect the value of the degree?
Although my question can't be answered absolutely, I'll try to state it in a way that's as close as possible.
I'm considering earning an entirely online Software Engineering bachelors degree from a ...
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Former advisor committed financial misconduct. How to apply to PhD programs
After three years in the workforce, I am planning on returning to school to get my PhD. I currently have a master's degree. Recently, however, there has arisen a complication: my thesis advisor for my ...
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Lack of congruence in mathematical abilities versus writing abilities in faculty [closed]
Because of my background in mathematics and statistics, I have been called upon by my department (the Math/Stat Department) to assist faculty members from the humanities and linguistics departments in ...
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Why are US PhDs different from European PhDs?
So apparently I heard from here, here and here about the differences in PhDs in the US and in Europe.
To sum up, it takes longer, on average, in the US than in Europe to finish a PhD since US PhD ...
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Applying to PhD programs while pursuing a PhD
Imagine the following situation. Somebody is doing their PhD in field A in the US.
Suppose they became interested in a different field, field B, and consider doing PhD in field B instead. Suppose ...
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Do US universities publish an official definition of gender in the context of scholarships or admissions? [closed]
Let's say that a person assigned male at birth identifies as a woman. At which stage of their transition process would they be allowed to claim themselves as a woman in the context of college ...