User Patric Hartmann

61 votes

How can I convince graduate students in China to not copy/paste from the Internet into their research papers?

answered Aug 1, 2018 at 11:12

27 votes

Difficult student would dispute every grade in the course and now wants letter of recommendation

answered Dec 16, 2017 at 21:54

17 votes

What is life like for Western-raised/trained academics who are faculty in countries with extremely tight governmental control?

answered Oct 30, 2014 at 10:08

13 votes

Why are [some] professors ambiguous about material that is actually tested on exams?

answered Dec 14, 2014 at 21:45

13 votes

If I don't know whether a staff member has a PhD, should I address her as Dr. in my emails?

answered May 27, 2015 at 22:03

12 votes

Is it OK to edit my undergraduate thesis results?

answered Sep 9, 2015 at 9:07

9 votes

Should I apply for a PhD position with required programming skills which I do not have?

answered Mar 22, 2015 at 14:36

8 votes

Do PhD courses in engineering fields in European non-English speaking countries require knowledge of the native language?

answered May 21, 2015 at 17:27

7 votes

Should I report an accepted PhD thesis in which the literature review is copied verbatim from sources?

answered Dec 8, 2014 at 16:23

7 votes

How to attract student attention in difficult/technical topics

answered Jun 2, 2015 at 12:03

6 votes

What can I do when my transcripts have mistakes?

answered Dec 2, 2014 at 13:10

6 votes

To whom is title "Professor Emeritus" given in the US?

answered Apr 17, 2015 at 10:11

6 votes

Can I force my professor to give me a copy of his powerpoint presentation?

answered Feb 22, 2015 at 15:30

4 votes

How should I handle students who ask questions that are "beyond the scope of the course" as a TA

answered Mar 7, 2015 at 13:19

4 votes

How to decide whether the amount of study material provided to students is enough?

answered Jun 1, 2015 at 21:53

4 votes

Re-sending a rejected paper to the same conference next year

answered May 21, 2016 at 8:41

4 votes

Is it acceptable to e-mail a professor at another university to ask for a meeting to discuss common research interests?

answered Dec 30, 2016 at 12:02

3 votes

What are strategies for minimizing student questions during exams?

answered Oct 22, 2017 at 21:39

3 votes

What do universities usually do with a student's graded final exams?

answered Oct 17, 2015 at 11:40

3 votes

On what factors is a dissertation approved

answered Dec 13, 2014 at 23:21

3 votes

When are professors most free during a semester?

answered Dec 7, 2014 at 9:51

2 votes

Are there some fields where having skills in a language other than English is necessary to perform research at an international level?

answered Sep 18, 2014 at 11:51

2 votes

Is it ethical to limit marks based upon past performance?

answered May 7, 2015 at 18:30

1 vote

How to use data from a colleague who retired in my thesis without commiting fraud or plagiarism

answered Apr 18, 2015 at 12:38

1 vote

Is it fair to punish absent students with a one-question exam?

answered Nov 10, 2014 at 10:35

1 vote

Commercial product with the same functiality as my research project

answered Sep 19, 2015 at 8:49

1 vote

Why do some instructors care so much about attendance?

answered Mar 29, 2016 at 17:58

0 votes

Is this a legitimate excuse for missing an exam?

answered Oct 16, 2015 at 12:46

0 votes

How detrimental is involvement in politics to a scientific career?

answered Nov 10, 2014 at 11:50

0 votes

Why are some professors critical of even casual use of Wikipedia?

answered Dec 6, 2014 at 20:35

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31 Answers

How can I convince graduate students in China to not copy/paste from the Internet into their research papers?

Difficult student would dispute every grade in the course and now wants letter of recommendation

What is life like for Western-raised/trained academics who are faculty in countries with extremely tight governmental control?

Why are [some] professors ambiguous about material that is actually tested on exams?

If I don't know whether a staff member has a PhD, should I address her as Dr. in my emails?

Is it OK to edit my undergraduate thesis results?

Should I apply for a PhD position with required programming skills which I do not have?

Do PhD courses in engineering fields in European non-English speaking countries require knowledge of the native language?

Should I report an accepted PhD thesis in which the literature review is copied verbatim from sources?

How to attract student attention in difficult/technical topics

What can I do when my transcripts have mistakes?

To whom is title "Professor Emeritus" given in the US?

Can I force my professor to give me a copy of his powerpoint presentation?

How should I handle students who ask questions that are "beyond the scope of the course" as a TA

How to decide whether the amount of study material provided to students is enough?

Re-sending a rejected paper to the same conference next year

Is it acceptable to e-mail a professor at another university to ask for a meeting to discuss common research interests?

What are strategies for minimizing student questions during exams?

What do universities usually do with a student's graded final exams?

On what factors is a dissertation approved

When are professors most free during a semester?

Are there some fields where having skills in a language other than English is necessary to perform research at an international level?

Is it ethical to limit marks based upon past performance?

How to use data from a colleague who retired in my thesis without commiting fraud or plagiarism

Is it fair to punish absent students with a one-question exam?

Commercial product with the same functiality as my research project

Why do some instructors care so much about attendance?

Is this a legitimate excuse for missing an exam?

How detrimental is involvement in politics to a scientific career?

Why are some professors critical of even casual use of Wikipedia?