Questions tagged [university]
Queries related to universities, as an institution of higher education that grants academic degrees and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.
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Is it ethical to request additional money for non-research related work in a research lab as a grad student?
I work in a computational research lab as a graduate research assistant. We're all funded under various grants to do research in our field and we are also working on a thesis, which may or may not be ...
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Who owns private non-profit universities?
Who owns (US) private non-profit universities ? I understand that being non-profit means that no one receives dividends. However does it mean that no one owns a private non-profit university? Can ...
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PhD forced out of university: Hong Kong
(Too Long; Didnt Read members of academia.stackexchange, read the text in bold only)
I am a PhD student in one of the Hong Kong Universities. For those that do not follow news, Hong Kong has been ...
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Bad signs in a department for PhD
Is it a bad sign in a department if most of those who do their thesis in that department also did their undergraduate studies there and most of those who get their PhD there either
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Contribution of gifts and hospital services to university revenue
This question is based on the pie-charts shown in this link, such as this one for the University of Michigan.
In most of these charts, around 5% of the revenue comes from gifts. What are these ...
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How can a decent student find a doctoral advisor from another faculty? [closed]
I am a last year student at the Moscow State University (I study maths). At our university there are two somewhat similar mathematical faculties: Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics (this is where I ...
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Why do some universities refuse to issue duplicate diplomas?
Many universities have a policy of not issuing a duplicate diploma for a degree, unless your original copy is incorrect, damaged, or lost.
One example:
University Policy forbids the issuance of ...
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Is there any published research on pedagogy of the semester vs trimester systems at the high school or university levels?
I have found some anecdotal evidence, but I only found one systematic study by Bair and Bair
I'm specifically interested in the answers for Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering disciplines.
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Failing on purpose an oral exam [closed]
I am not well enough prepared for an oral exam I will have soon. I should probably pass the exam but with a bad grade I wouldn't be happy with. This comes due to some bad time management and some ...
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Understanding the value of short-term undergraduate internships for host universities and professors
I am currently exploring the possibility of participating in a summer internship. While researching, I've noticed that many internships offered by universities last for approximately two months. This ...
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Is 600 hours of teaching per year a lot in Germany? What does it look like?
As a professor at a university of applied science in Germany, is 600 hours of teaching considered a lot? What does it look like? The job description says:
Die Arbeitszeit beträgt grundsätzlich 40 ...
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Is physics (and engineering) at university more like high school physics or high school math? [closed]
I am in high school and I find myself enjoying math a lot more than physics, probably because of the more focused teaching approach found in physics, which looks at specific cases and experiments and ...
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Does a recommendation letter from a professor at the university I'm applying to enhance my application?
I'm currently preparing my application for a graduate program and have the opportunity to include a recommendation letter from a professor who is part of the faculty at the university I'm applying to.
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How to explain to college that religious observance precludes me from living on campus, as required?
I am planning to attend a college that requires students to live on campus, in a coed setting. As an observant Muslim, I cannot do that.
The college asked me to write a letter explaining why I cannot ...
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What does it take to get a tenure track position at an Ivy League School?
I see some professors at Ivy league schools who didn't go to Ivy league schools. I also see professors who went to Ivy League schools that end up working at mediocre universities. So clearly pedigree ...
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Do universities benefit from making salary information public?
In the United States, I think it is required by law in several states to make salary information at universities public. In general, in most western universities, it may not be very hard to find ...
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Why are university drop out rates in the United Kingdom relatively low?
The drop out rates for America and Germany in University are similar at about 30%. I believe a common explanation for both is that there is not enough screening for the people who go into college.
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Are generalized recommendation letters bad?
Sometimes online application systems ask for uploading recommendation letters as supplementary documents (scanned copies). In this case, it is possible to get general recommendation letters (addressed ...
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What types of administrative jobs can a faculty member get?
I am a professor of physics and just moved to the UK with my wife, who is British. I anticipate that it will take a year or so to find a faculty position matching my field of expertise. To avoid being ...
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What's a realistic workload per blackboard hour for teachers during the semester?
There is this excellent thread about teaching workloads across the world on Academia SE: Is 100 hours per year of teaching a heavy load for a lecturer?
I would now like to continue this discussion ...
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Rationale for Passing Students "by Compensation"
Certainly in Ireland at least, there is a mechanism whereby students, with otherwise good grades, are allowed to "pass by compensation" a module(s) that they have failed.
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In universities, what are the advantages of having a second department affiliation?
Browsing the internet, I found many professors, researchers and scientists that, in addition to their main affiliation to their main department, have also a second affiliation to another department of ...
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What is the typical Legal Structure of a modern College?
I'm very perplexed as to how the terms College and University are archaically used to denote associations of people, but are in modern times being used to denote buildings or realty.
What are ...
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Course design: basics first or teach "as you go"
I am going to offer an elective course which I am free to design. The topic is a bit special, but we can assume I give a robotics course. I will teach a fair amount of probability theory which I need ...
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Does FERPA require parental notification of disability assessment?
There are significant barriers asking and negotiating disability supports and accommodation at a college/higher education level. There is also a lack of awareness and education of the rules and ...
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My university changed my bachelor course. What can I do?
I'll have to excuse myself if my question sounds rant-like. I am desperate.
Back in 2013, I started my 4 year (240 ECTS) bachelor course. The course I went to was ranked the best in the country (of ...
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Are faculty applicants hired at a level based on their current position?
When a university appoints a faculty applicant, the rank is based on his/her current position or the university will judge about the academic rank independently?
I understand that each university has ...
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Is it ethical for a part-time professor to use his position for other interests?
There is a professor who works part-time at a university as a moderator of one of their student groups. He does not teach any actual classes but spends a hugely considerable amount of time with the ...
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Differences between research in private labs and university (computer science)
I will talk about computer science.
Which is the difference between doing a research job in an industrial research lab (as Google, Facebook or microsoft Research) and in a university?
Looking at my ...
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What metrics do universities use to evaluate their performance?
I am curious how different universities evaluate their performance. I am curious to know if there is a standardized (or even just generally accepted) set of metrics that universities use to rate ...
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How important is the country of academic experience in applying for US academic jobs?
I have long academic experiences in African universities (where I studied and am based). I had various administrative positions such as head, dean, vice president. Academically, I have supervised tens ...
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Recommendation letter for college applicant sent via their high school
Background: This summer I was the instructor for a course in which many of my students were in high school, and were enrolled in my course as part of a 'pre-college' program at my university. This was ...
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How to establish partnerships with a university
As a young assistant professor in civil engineering, i was tasked with building a new education program that leads to a masters degree in engineering. In order to offer the future students of this ...
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Is the idea of "boarding university" still a formal policy?
In the past, most education centers were boarding schools in which students live full time. Still there are boarding school at high school or college level. However, for universities, students just ...
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Why there are so few south americans working extensively at NA/EU unis?
May seem obvious, but don't strike me as such. I'm a undergrad physics student at University of Campinas, in Brazil. From what I took out of my professors, I noted that most, if not all, of them did ...
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Approach the professors about making the course more "relevant"
I'm currently studying Industrial Engineering in Spain, one of the broadest degrees here that includes the subjects of Calculus, Fluid Mechanics, Electronics, Materials and Programming in C, among ...
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Does the native language capability (for a foreigner) help in applying for a faculty position?
Consider an international scholar X, fluent in English, who currently holds a postdoctoral position in science (say, in particular, the fundamental science: physics, chemistry, math or biology) in the ...
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Differences between “Polytechnic” and “Technology”?
Some universities are called Polytechnic and some other contain Technology in their name, for example the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV) vs. the Technical University of Berlin (TUB).
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Do graduate students go home for the summer?
Is it common or something usual for students to sometimes go home for the summer?
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Should you write university names out in full, or use the common abbreviation?
I am writing a job application which lists the universities I have given invited talks at. What I would like some advice on, is whether I should always write each university out in full, or whether I ...
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Is it safer to carry on undergraduate research areas to gradschool or start from scratch in an unknown area?
This question is in spirit a very general one. When a person (say in CS) is choosing among multiple options for gradschool, which one would experience and prudence point towards? Along with research ...
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Selling of monuments: What does it mean?
I am watching the documentary "Free to Choose, Part 6: What's Wrong With Our Schools" at this link
At 20:08, Friedman says:
Many of the buildings and facilities at Dartmouth have been donated by
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Are universities strongly associated with ethnic minority groups a thing outside the USA?
This question asks about the history of why Howard University in Washington, DC, USA has remained a school whose student and faculty bodies are predominantly African-American.
Do "historically [...
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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.
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Other evaluation systems than exams
I live in a country where the quality of education is poor.
The primary goal seems only to be to teach us how to pass exams and not to learn the material for knowledge sake. It appears that their ...
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Undergraduate European Computer Science Schools and their application process?
I'm a U.S. sophomore (junior in the fall) studying Computer Science looking to transfer. I have three questions:
What schools in Europe should I look into for Computer Science? To clarify what I'm ...
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How to get access to university resources after graduation?
I'll get a B.S. in math this December and (hopefully) go to graduate school next fall. In the coming spring semester, I will stay around my undergraduate institution (in the U.S.), auditing classes, ...
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Any book/guide for university managers?
Academic scholars have written many books guiding managers at different business/industry positions. I wondered that I was unable to find any noticeable book describing the roles of a department head, ...
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How common is faculty members changing jobs in the US?
Faculty members switch between universities for many reasons, but how often does this happen? Has there been any study/report on the frequency of job shifts and resignations in academia, especially in ...
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Questions regarding PhD in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics at US universities
I have a few questions regarding admission into a PhD program in Applied Linguistics or Linguistics at US universities. I could not find any other valuable online sources regarding Linguistics for the ...
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