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College policy change after grant awarded
Congratulations on the grant.
You can ask, politely but forcefully. One hopes with your Department Chair's strong support. If the granting agency knew about this policy when the grant was awarded that ...
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College policy change after grant awarded
However, I just learned that my college has abolished both of these benefits, supposedly because of budget cuts
Budget cuts are pretty common, so that's a plausible reason. You should probably ...
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Should I accept offers from universities in two different countries to account for any possible uncertainties in getting visas?
Accepting two offers when you can in reality only accept one is a guaranteed way to burn bridges at at least one of the two places. I don't see an upside for you doing this.
I am not an expert on the ...
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Professor posting videos of his lectures online. Allowed?
Standards and laws differ (widely) from place to place. I never worked at a place that constrained me from such things, but some questions on this site imply that in some jurisdictions your entire ...
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College policy change after grant awarded
It may make a difference what you said in the grant proposal. If the reduction in other duties, to give more time to pursue the research funded by the grant was part of the proposal itself, then the ...
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Professor posting videos of his lectures online. Allowed?
It depends on the wording of your contract with the university.
In general, professors monetize their academic work all the time. Be it through writing textbooks, consulting, patenting, building ...
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Professor posting videos of his lectures online. Allowed?
This cannot be answered because there is no general agreement between universities and teachers. Whether or not you are allowed to do this simply depends on whether your university allows this or not.
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