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Accidentally addressed lecturer as Mrs instead of Ms

What to do when majority of the students do not bother to do peer grading assignment?

Is it immoral to show new students how to use Wolfram Alpha?

Do professors care about their rating on websites such as RateMyProfessor or Koofers?

Ethics of Accepting Unneeded Merit Based Scholarships

I have made my independent research available as a book on my website. Why is it not celebrated by the mathematics community?

Is it permitted to not take Ph.D. students who have girlfriends/are married/don't come in weekends...?

Should you conform to journal formatting requirements for the initial submission?

White supremacists marching at the University of Virginia – does this reflect the university’s attitude?

Will not collaborating hurt the career of a math postdoc?

Filing discrimination claim against my department

I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn prospective students during admit weekend without ruining my reputation?

I am a student of high potential but not great on paper, how should I go about transferring to a university more at my level?

Will I be paid a percentage of the fee that readers pay to download my article?

What are the benefits/detriments to graduate students joining unions?

How to cite "Crelle's Journal"

Writing referee report: found major error, now what?

Handling plagiarism as a TA

Is sharing research progress and ideas on blog acceptable?

How should a teaching assistant explain his absence to the course instructor?

U.S. humanities professors: Can you get back into academia if you leave?

How do I deal with postdoc acceptances that come in before my preferred institution makes its decision known?

How should one decide whether to study logic in a math or philosophy department?

Publons - is it a serious thing?

My research area has very few research positions, would it still be possible for me to stay in academia?

Better to give a poor/unfinished talk at a conference or cancel it?

Is there a way to save my students money on a textbook?

Using "et al." in maths papers

Do graduate schools read your undergraduate application?

How to tell my advisor I am leaving the PhD program, when he is the reason I'm leaving?