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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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How to address a professor in letter?

John Doe Agri-science Department University of Whatchamacallit Then I would write back Dear John: Thank you for your letter. Blah blah blah. Sincerely, Joe …
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Identifying students' purposes and institutions' purposes

I understand that you are offended by students who do not take your subject as seriously as you do but that is just the way some students are. There are students who are really interested and there a …
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University Test Bank Website- Potential Liability Issues?

This depends greatly on your university policies. It could result in some serious formal problems for you which could haunt you for a long time. …
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What is the real benefit of tenured positions for universities?

I think you might be misunderstanding the purpose of tenure. While your view from the teacher's side might be correct (wanting to avoid worrying about contract renewal) the purpose for a school to off …
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Are student records accessible by university officials?

I believe your question is really about the existence of some sort of central database where all student records can be searched, if one has a key like a Social Security Number (SSN). I do not believ …
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Tips on dealing with difficult professors?

One thing you need to understand is that your perspective is different from that of the teacher. You see one teacher but the teacher sees hundreds of students. While you may think that your participa …
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How to attract good teachers to a young university?

This is one point which it should be both easy for your university to do as well as to convince candidates that it is true. …
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How to engage students in oral presentations?

I've had classes of this size where I have each student do an individual presentation. It is very time consuming but I also feel it can be very worthwhile. If you give each student 10 minutes to pres …
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Do graduate schools have more courses & less of a student-teacher ratio than undergraduate?

For the UK and EU universities I am familiar with, your logic is a little off. That is, I believe you are saying more courses require more teachers. However, graduate course and undergraduate courses …
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Nightmares and frustrations with students' sloppy homework

It could simply be students doing the minimum in order to get by. The solution is to raise the minimum. To do that, start denying points for non-compliance. As Suresh wrote in his comment, electronic …
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