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Parents attending thesis defense?

answered May 1, 2016 at 2:48

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Should I challenge the GRE requirement for a doctoral program in education (in the U.S.)?

answered Jul 30, 2014 at 14:14

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How to resolve: Reviewer #1 says remove section X vs. Reviewer #2 says expand section X

answered Mar 10, 2019 at 5:40

29 votes

Should I send an email to authors of a paper I enjoyed reading?

answered Nov 7, 2015 at 1:19

24 votes

Do Asian authors have a different style of academic writing from European authors?

answered Aug 4, 2014 at 9:00

23 votes

Can you get a tenure-track position in philosophy with a J.D.?

answered Aug 7, 2014 at 3:28

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Is there a negative stigma associated with choosing a university for non-academic reasons?

answered May 25, 2016 at 3:11

19 votes

What is the most elegant way to let the recruiting committee know what the applicant has done to make it to the interview?

answered Jul 14, 2015 at 12:31

13 votes

I violated academic integrity unknowingly by sharing assignment resources with fellow student. What should I do?

answered Apr 22, 2016 at 7:00

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Is it plagiarism if I use a text I wrote myself but put on the internet before?

answered Oct 27, 2017 at 12:39

11 votes

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

answered Oct 26, 2016 at 7:08

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To avoid legal battle, in bussiness world reference letters are written extremely terse. How do academics get away with this?

answered Aug 21, 2014 at 5:44

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Is it OK for a professor to refuse access to individual test marks?

answered Feb 12, 2017 at 2:09

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Explaining an unusual undergraduate degree title

answered Mar 11, 2016 at 12:31

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What is the difference between predatory publishers and vanity presses?

answered Apr 29, 2019 at 9:11

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Pros and cons of double majoring vs a Master's

answered Apr 20, 2017 at 5:07

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Why do graduate student contracts state "RAs shall work no more than 20 hours per week?"

answered Aug 20, 2014 at 0:02

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Are professors generally straight forward about admission decisions?

answered Mar 14, 2015 at 10:10

6 votes

Expulsion from doctoral program

answered Jun 24, 2015 at 10:40

6 votes

My advisor said that I should be more modest, and we should meet more often. Should I tell him about my impostor syndrome? If yes, mail or personal?

answered Jan 12, 2017 at 8:17

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Is it ethical to profit by trading on information in a research paper before it is published?

answered Aug 26, 2016 at 3:52

5 votes

Do they know about previous submission history of my article?

answered Nov 3, 2016 at 6:12

5 votes

What does it mean when a school asks for a missing GRE score that I submitted?

answered Jan 7, 2017 at 9:38

5 votes

is it possible for me to Co-author research paper(s)/article(s) and get it published?

answered Jun 25, 2016 at 4:51

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Obtaining a PhD with an original work

answered Jul 14, 2016 at 8:52

5 votes

Why do people not seem to consider private grants in favor of small public ones?

answered Oct 20, 2018 at 3:55

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If the purpose of a registered study changes, is it still a registered study?

answered Nov 26, 2017 at 5:30

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Change of interest for PhD after BA & MA? Does it look 'academically' immature?

answered Dec 6, 2017 at 13:25

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How to do research in two very different fields?

answered Aug 2, 2014 at 14:37

4 votes

Why are seemingly important topics not covered in textbooks?

answered Jul 23, 2015 at 3:47

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Parents attending thesis defense?

Should I challenge the GRE requirement for a doctoral program in education (in the U.S.)?

How to resolve: Reviewer #1 says remove section X vs. Reviewer #2 says expand section X

Should I send an email to authors of a paper I enjoyed reading?

Do Asian authors have a different style of academic writing from European authors?

Can you get a tenure-track position in philosophy with a J.D.?

Is there a negative stigma associated with choosing a university for non-academic reasons?

What is the most elegant way to let the recruiting committee know what the applicant has done to make it to the interview?

I violated academic integrity unknowingly by sharing assignment resources with fellow student. What should I do?

Is it plagiarism if I use a text I wrote myself but put on the internet before?

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

To avoid legal battle, in bussiness world reference letters are written extremely terse. How do academics get away with this?

Is it OK for a professor to refuse access to individual test marks?

Explaining an unusual undergraduate degree title

What is the difference between predatory publishers and vanity presses?

Pros and cons of double majoring vs a Master's

Why do graduate student contracts state "RAs shall work no more than 20 hours per week?"

Are professors generally straight forward about admission decisions?

Expulsion from doctoral program

My advisor said that I should be more modest, and we should meet more often. Should I tell him about my impostor syndrome? If yes, mail or personal?

Is it ethical to profit by trading on information in a research paper before it is published?

Do they know about previous submission history of my article?

What does it mean when a school asks for a missing GRE score that I submitted?

is it possible for me to Co-author research paper(s)/article(s) and get it published?

Obtaining a PhD with an original work

Why do people not seem to consider private grants in favor of small public ones?

If the purpose of a registered study changes, is it still a registered study?

Change of interest for PhD after BA & MA? Does it look 'academically' immature?

How to do research in two very different fields?

Why are seemingly important topics not covered in textbooks?