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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 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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Why do some Universities give honorary degrees?

Most of the question is the title: Why do some Universities give honorary degrees? E.g. the President of Indonesia, Sukarno, got 26 honorary doctorates, and Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe has ...
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What is a good set-up for the board of directors/executive committee of research institutes?

I have been elected as employee representative for the board (edit: not really a board of directors, the competences seem partially advisory and partly decision making) of a new interdisciplinary ...
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Nobel laureates and where they currently work

There are a lot of lists of Nobel laureates by institution available online. However I cannot find any that list laureates by where they are currently working. Does such a list exist?
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Do I have to explicitly seek permission from Professor before audio-recording his lecture? [closed]

Similar questions (privacy/ethical point of view,generic legal point of view) have been asked before but I am looking an answer from a legal standpoint specific to the state of New York. I am a ...
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What can I do about a lecturer who isn't clear enough to understand?

I'm a Maths university student and I just can't seem to learn anything from one of my lecturers. I understand we, as students, should do personal research on our subject. But he just doesn't make any ...
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Can I accept offers from universities in other countries before I apply to a German university? [closed]

I am currently studying in Singapore and am going to take the A-levels this year. All the university applications for the UK and US take place this year and the results will be out early next year. ...
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Accidental Plagiarism [closed]

So I have had a bad few weeks and I had an essay due on Monday. I decided to use an old essay to help me. I took a couple of sentences from my old work that were direct quotes and some that were not (...
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Undergraduate Research as an Irregular Student

I am currently a Japanese college student. I am going to do research in artificial intelligence from this April. After completing the first year of research, I am planning to go to the United States ...
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Copyright for lectures, slides and textbook: university or professor?

I'll be starting as an adjunct professor soon at a smaller university, and I'm starting to prepare lectures and slides for teaching there. In the future, I'm also thinking of publishing a textbook ...
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How to apologize for declining an offer from a potential PhD advisor?

I sent many emails to prospective PhD advisors looking for a position in their research groups. Recently, I got two offers from professors in different universities and I choose one of them as his ...
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Team conflict in a large research project [closed]

I am an undergrad working in a large research project (1 PI, 5 grad students, 15 undergrads). The project has 5 main facets, each of which is the primary responsibility of a single grad student. The ...
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Should considerations be made if half of a project group drops the course?

I am a student who is completing a course where the major assessment is a Project where you work in a team of four to complete it in different deadlines (Draft and Final). However we have been ...
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3 3-hour exams in a row with no time in between. What can I do?

I am currently studying computer science in a University in Canada. I have just received my Schedule for the semester, and I have noticed that, during the finals week, 3 of my 6 courses put their ...
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Should I appeal the F grade I received in my programming class? [closed]

I received a F grade in a class I was doing pretty well in throughout the semester. I had a B up until I got a C on the final which brought my overall grade to a C, not ideal but not horrendous either....
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How to get honorary academic position in UK universities?

To my knowledge, it is common in the UK universities to offer honorary faculty positions to their partners from other universities or outside academia. Correct me if I'm wrong, these positions are ...
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Reliable Asian university rankings datasets suitable for evaluating applications to a graduate program

Our (American) university has a lot of applications coming in from Asia- especially China, India, Japan and Korea. Each of these seems to follow a different grading scheme and it is hard to do ...
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What type of lawyer (criminal, civil, family, etc.) would I need to help me deal with issues of academic misconduct? [closed]

What can stop a university from doing whatever they want and screwing students over in terms of accusing them unfairly of cheating, plagiarism, or a misunderstanding of professor authorization of ...
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Who should write a recommendation letter?

When applying for a faculty position (from assistant to full professor), the search committee asks for 3 - 5 recommendation letters by people who know the applicant professionally (and probably in ...
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Positions at satellite campuses

I'm wondering what experiences people had who took up positions at satellite campuses, in particular of well-known and well-renowned universities. From what I see, satellite campuses are often the ...
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Why does a university course become defunct?

What are some reasons that lead to a university course being no longer offered? I am thinking in particular about the course "Computational sustainability" or CPSC 530M offered in University of ...
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Reasons for an academic to need administrator rights on work computer

Questions related to this in a not specifically academic setting have been asked elsewhere, notably Should developers have administrator permissions on their PC? and Should dev be admin on their ...
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What is being done to make the academic environment more women friendly?

The number of women in some academia disciplines like computer science remains low despite the continuous efforts to increase it. What is being done to make academic careers in computer science (and ...
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Is it okay to share a tex template from a journal for teaching purposes?

I am a graduate student in a university. I was an undergraduate student on the same university, and I have good feelings for the workplace where I did my undergraduate studies (very much so that I ...
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Can I directly start a French Masters 2 with a UK 4 year integrated masters?

I'm currently in my fourth and final year of my UK masters degree in Physics. The course is accredited as an MSci, equivalent to doing a 3 year Bsc followed by a 1 year Msc. I'd like to apply to ...
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Is it OK to use abbreviations of the same university I am applying to?

Most of the universities in the US use abbreviations on their websites. Can it be considered a good practice to use abbreviation of the same university I am applying to?
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Which NHS degrees still receive funding

I've read from the NHS website that radiologists will stop receiving full funding from the UK government. I'm wondering if any other NHS related degrees have also had funding stopped for them, and ...
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How are university departments receiving corporate funding?

I learned in class that some departments of universities, such as the medical departments, receive funding from corporation that bypass the university administrators, such that the research finding ...
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Can most functions of universities be categorized as teaching, research and service?

I am writing a research proposal and I plan to approach it by dividing the most important functions of university into three categories--teaching, research and service. Teaching will include all ...
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Do any British universities still offer degree registration from afar to those who study alone, without tuition?

Forty years ago, London University was still offering degree registration to "external" students, who might be living anywhere in the world. To prepare themselves for the London exams, many studied at ...
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What is the difference between a college and a university?

What is the difference between an institution calling itself a "college" or a "university"? For example, take the "University College London". Is it a college? A university? Both? What does it mean?
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What are the perks of being a tenured professor at U.S. universities, besides having academic freedom?

For instance, one of my professors went to Princeton (for his undergrad math degree) for free, because his parents are tenured faculty at Princeton. Is such a benefit available to tenured faculty at ...
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When is it appropriate to use a university seal as a graduate student, post-doc or research scientist?

I am applying for tenure-track positions at other universities after having recently completed my PhD. I am still technically a graduate student until my degree is conferred in a few months, and I am ...
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Rankings of the historic universities in Europe [duplicate]

I am surprised that some of the most historic universities in continental Europe are ranked above 100 on an average. I specifically have in mind University of Gottingen and University of Vienna. I am ...
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H-1B Visa Sponsorship by Universities

The statements of "Applicants who are invited to campus for interviews must be able to show proof that they will be eligible and qualified to work in the United States by the time of hire." ...
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Book with comprehensive description of (history and operation of) Harvard university

I really am not sure if my question falls under this Stack Exchange forum, but I am going to try. A friend of mine asked me if there is a book with some sort of comprehensive description of Harvard ...
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How to properly format and write a department/office/lab/subsection of a university?

How would one properly format a department/office/lab/subsection of a university? If say I work in Lab X of University Y, should I format it like this? Lab X, University Y or University Y, Lab X? Or ...
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Doing math research without lecturing

Is it possible to become a research mathematician without lecturing duties? I couldn't find any information on this.
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Should I take PhD application recommendation letter from academic advisor?

I am applying for PhD in engineering and wondering whether should I take recommendation letter from academic advisor during master's program. He has 'professor' in his title. He was not my thesis ...
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Can someone continue her education in Germany if the first university degree is not recognized?

My sister is living in Saudi Arabia in a city that has very few limited education options for her. She has to stay there for certain circumstances and she can't leave for a different country. She has ...
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How is on campus professional training named in US or Canada schools?

I'm applying for a scholarship abroad (more specifically, in Canada), and I have a doubt concerning how to write of the activities I took part on my CV. In my home institution, we have activities ...
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Is it true that having no prior connections with the university makes me a less desirable candidate?

I've just finished a conversation with a professor at University X. The majority of questions were on topics regarding the graduate admission. A quote that has both negative and confusing effects on ...
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Why do some universities not publish the list of persons who obtained a degree from their institution?

Some universities do not publish the list of persons who obtained a degree from their institution. In order to verify whether an individual obtained a degree there, one needs to call them, for ...
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Can a University explicitly say, "no more conversations" to me about an issue? [closed]

To keep this as short and simple as possible I will only provide relevant details and be as anonymous as possible. I’ve been talking to a former University about an issue (hold on my account) for ...
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Assessment of an IT-related extended abstract [closed]

For an assignment at our university it was our task to program a prototyp and document it in an extended abstract. Intro text: The Idea is to create a system, which allows data exchange (contacts, ...
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Following up with a potential supervisor

I have been applying to join up for an MSc in Universities in Canada. One particular faculty member conditionally expressed his interest in being my supervisor. The dept is considering applications ...
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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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Are you allowed to copy text from your Master's thesis into your PhD thesis?

I wrote a Master's thesis a couple of years ago (which is available to view from my University's online service; so it's out there) and am now doing a PhD. Some passages from my Master's thesis is ...
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Tips on dealing with difficult professors?

I'm planning on going back to college (university for those folks across the  pond) and I was wondering what are some things that you have done to deal  with difficult professors. I had a C++ class ...
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Can a Ph.D. student visit another lab for a week to learn a specific skill/topic? (inside EU)

I am wondering if (and how) a Ph.D. student could learn a skill that is the area of expertise of another lab inside the European Union, but in a different country than the university on which the Ph.D ...

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