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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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Appropriate/smart ways to decline students' requests of "begging for better grades" at the e...

TL;DR: I have checked the marking of your work, and can confirm the mark you received is correct. In the first two of your cases, the student has some condition or circumstance which might need to be …
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Why are exercises in US university classes graded?

There are many good reasons discussed in the other answers already. That said, there is also a bad reason which nonetheless is a reason that sometimes enters into the decision-making. Lecturers are pa …
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Faux pas to send personal email along with letter of reference?

I don't think these colleagues are on the selection committee of the internship program If they are not, then personally I would not send an email to them about the student, not necessarily out of e …
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