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On academic facilities and support services in a university or other academic environment.

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How common is it for US universities to ask a postdoc to bring their own laptop computer etc.?

At my U.S. R1 math dept, there are pressures to have a machine (desktop or laptop) that is controlled by the IT department... but you'd get the cheapest possible barely-viable version unless you can p …
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Is it okay to refuse a laptop from a new university if you already have your own personal la...

It surely matters where you are. In the U.S., at many universities, "privileged information" of various sorts is supposedly not ever to be kept on "personal", as opposed to "institution-owned and mai …
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