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Only one student answered an exam question - and I strongly suspect he cheated

answered Oct 19, 2017 at 20:54

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If I receive written permission to use content from a paper without citing, is it plagiarism?

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answered Nov 2, 2016 at 6:42

162 votes

What to do about students who miss my lectures and then want me to repeat entire material?

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answered Mar 5, 2017 at 8:39

140 votes

What to do with someone that cheated their way through university and a PhD program?

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answered Apr 23, 2019 at 17:29

134 votes

How to respond to a company that wants specific details on implementation of my PhD research?

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answered Jul 17, 2017 at 17:15

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Editor asks for π to be written in roman

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answered Dec 3, 2020 at 10:34

124 votes

Supervisor does not allow use of commercial software for student project, against student's interests

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answered Jun 26, 2017 at 13:26

119 votes

How to deal with an inappropriate greeting in an email?

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answered Mar 12, 2017 at 5:54

117 votes

How to respond to a professor who was insulted by an email detailing mistakes in the exercise?

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answered Jan 29, 2017 at 11:39

117 votes

How to tell speakers that their English is terrible?

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answered Oct 2, 2017 at 19:43

113 votes

Should I simplify my writing in a foreign country?

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answered May 2, 2019 at 19:16

93 votes

Is it okay to typeset someone’s to-be-graded assignment for them?

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answered Jan 15, 2018 at 21:06

91 votes

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How were scientific plots made in the 1960s?

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answered Jan 21, 2021 at 10:15

89 votes

Is this footnote from one of Perelman's papers meant to be a joke, or is it mandatory to list one's source of funding?

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answered Aug 25, 2018 at 13:31

88 votes

How much percentage royalty do I get from Springer (as the paper's author) and how I can apply for royalty payment?

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answered Feb 23, 2021 at 7:01

78 votes

How should you respond when a professor answers your question with "It's obvious!"?

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answered Jan 9 at 16:29

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Does it make sense to let a colleague know about his repeated misspelling?

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answered Nov 8, 2020 at 23:12

76 votes

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Is it acceptable to use Mathematica to derive results in your research?

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answered Jun 19, 2016 at 10:15

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Sharing my unpublished thesis with other students?

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answered Jan 22, 2017 at 16:14

71 votes

How to react to a student proselytising during office hours?

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answered Nov 5, 2018 at 20:07

64 votes

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Why do academic journals usually have continuous page numbering?

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answered Jan 18, 2016 at 18:52

61 votes

What can professors do to encourage properly written email messages from students?

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answered Sep 27, 2015 at 18:31

59 votes

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How to deal with a complete failure in a group research?

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answered Dec 25, 2017 at 8:46

55 votes

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Is using "iff" appropriate?

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answered Dec 27, 2020 at 15:10

55 votes

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Is requesting to change US units to SI units reasonable?

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answered Mar 4 at 16:24

54 votes

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Should diacritics be kept when citing a paper written in an abundant diacritics Latin-based script language?

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answered Apr 19, 2015 at 11:14

53 votes

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How common is it for a paper to be wrong?

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answered Jul 2, 2015 at 18:40

53 votes

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Physics dissertation: Do I give a reference every time I mention a certain piece of work?

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answered Mar 27, 2018 at 21:08

53 votes

Dealing with loneliness as a professor

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answered Nov 6, 2017 at 7:03

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Is it appropriate to ask a professor for a discount on his expensive book?

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answered Aug 27, 2016 at 12:01

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Only one student answered an exam question - and I strongly suspect he cheated

If I receive written permission to use content from a paper without citing, is it plagiarism?

What to do about students who miss my lectures and then want me to repeat entire material?

What to do with someone that cheated their way through university and a PhD program?

How to respond to a company that wants specific details on implementation of my PhD research?

Editor asks for π to be written in roman

Supervisor does not allow use of commercial software for student project, against student's interests

How to deal with an inappropriate greeting in an email?

How to respond to a professor who was insulted by an email detailing mistakes in the exercise?

How to tell speakers that their English is terrible?

Should I simplify my writing in a foreign country?

Is it okay to typeset someone’s to-be-graded assignment for them?

How were scientific plots made in the 1960s?

Is this footnote from one of Perelman's papers meant to be a joke, or is it mandatory to list one's source of funding?

How much percentage royalty do I get from Springer (as the paper's author) and how I can apply for royalty payment?

How should you respond when a professor answers your question with "It's obvious!"?

Does it make sense to let a colleague know about his repeated misspelling?

Is it acceptable to use Mathematica to derive results in your research?

Sharing my unpublished thesis with other students?

How to react to a student proselytising during office hours?

Why do academic journals usually have continuous page numbering?

What can professors do to encourage properly written email messages from students?

How to deal with a complete failure in a group research?

Is using "iff" appropriate?

Is requesting to change US units to SI units reasonable?

Should diacritics be kept when citing a paper written in an abundant diacritics Latin-based script language?

How common is it for a paper to be wrong?

Physics dissertation: Do I give a reference every time I mention a certain piece of work?

Dealing with loneliness as a professor

Is it appropriate to ask a professor for a discount on his expensive book?