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Is asking your PhD supervisor a basic question considered inappropriate?

answered Dec 2, 2018 at 22:37

40 votes

To do another Master's, already holding a PhD

answered Dec 25, 2018 at 18:19

36 votes

Establishing authority in the classroom

answered Mar 26, 2017 at 7:42

35 votes

Popular software used in research is incorrectly reporting solution is optimal: what to do?

answered May 17, 2017 at 3:07

33 votes

What to say to a student who has failed?

answered Aug 22, 2019 at 1:16

23 votes

Would a journal paying money for reviews, with open access and ad-based revenue, work?

answered Feb 12, 2019 at 13:12

19 votes

Department head said that group project may be rejected. How to mitigate?

answered May 18, 2019 at 11:47

17 votes

How to build healthy working relationships with my male colleagues as a young-ish, attractive-ish woman?

answered Oct 20, 2018 at 9:51

10 votes

How to frame early university troubles related to mental illness when applying for masters program after more recent successes at university?

answered May 9, 2015 at 16:49

10 votes

In a yes/no question, a student gives the right answer and an unnecessary but wrong explanation. How to grade?

answered Jan 23, 2019 at 10:11

10 votes

MS in Mathematics, having trouble finding work outside teaching algebra

answered Nov 5, 2019 at 2:14

10 votes

Stuck without progress working on thesis - worried about failure

answered Jan 15, 2020 at 2:32

8 votes

What do I do if I cannot give a good reference to my PhD student?

answered Sep 24, 2020 at 18:02

7 votes

I have stack-exchanged through my undergrad math program. Am I likely to succeed in mathematics PhD programs?

answered Nov 7, 2019 at 15:33

7 votes

How to respond when insulted by a grad student in a different department?

answered Oct 3, 2019 at 12:24

6 votes

How to deal with administrative duties killing the research spirit?

answered Jul 2, 2019 at 11:35

6 votes

Why do companies fund academic research?

answered Apr 11, 2015 at 15:08

5 votes

What to do when you are suspicious about numerical results in a submitted manuscript that you are reviewing?

answered Jun 22, 2015 at 12:03

5 votes

How do I deal with a candidate mentioning God twelve times in their application?

answered Jul 24, 2020 at 10:30

4 votes

Would it be ethical of a student for him/her to act as a proofreader/editor for other students' essays and homework?

answered Aug 21, 2015 at 23:28

4 votes

How to get better at teaching from the board?

answered Aug 31, 2015 at 19:59

4 votes

How to politely respond to generic emails requesting a PhD/job in my lab? Without wasting too much time

answered Apr 12, 2019 at 10:44

4 votes

Two researchers want to work on the same extension to my paper. Who to help?

answered May 9, 2019 at 11:16

4 votes

How to appropriately email a researcher to ask for details about their paper?

answered Jul 7, 2020 at 23:53

3 votes

My advisor wants me to make my PhD thesis weaker

answered Nov 22, 2019 at 12:29

3 votes

Is it ethical to offer a student a job during the final weeks of his thesis if you are partly grading it?

answered Aug 24, 2015 at 14:00

3 votes

How to deal with people looking at their mobile phone during my presentation?

answered Aug 19, 2015 at 21:13

3 votes

Obstacles to collaborative research between experimentalists, theorists, and computational researchers

answered Sep 13, 2017 at 7:53

2 votes

What is the appropriate response to students who peek at the exam questions before the exam starts?

answered Oct 13, 2018 at 21:02

2 votes

Why doesn't academia incorporate spaced repetition in higher education?

answered May 22, 2016 at 16:47

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41 Answers

Is asking your PhD supervisor a basic question considered inappropriate?

To do another Master's, already holding a PhD

Establishing authority in the classroom

Popular software used in research is incorrectly reporting solution is optimal: what to do?

What to say to a student who has failed?

Would a journal paying money for reviews, with open access and ad-based revenue, work?

Department head said that group project may be rejected. How to mitigate?

How to build healthy working relationships with my male colleagues as a young-ish, attractive-ish woman?

How to frame early university troubles related to mental illness when applying for masters program after more recent successes at university?

In a yes/no question, a student gives the right answer and an unnecessary but wrong explanation. How to grade?

MS in Mathematics, having trouble finding work outside teaching algebra

Stuck without progress working on thesis - worried about failure

What do I do if I cannot give a good reference to my PhD student?

I have stack-exchanged through my undergrad math program. Am I likely to succeed in mathematics PhD programs?

How to respond when insulted by a grad student in a different department?

How to deal with administrative duties killing the research spirit?

Why do companies fund academic research?

What to do when you are suspicious about numerical results in a submitted manuscript that you are reviewing?

How do I deal with a candidate mentioning God twelve times in their application?

Would it be ethical of a student for him/her to act as a proofreader/editor for other students' essays and homework?

How to get better at teaching from the board?

How to politely respond to generic emails requesting a PhD/job in my lab? Without wasting too much time

Two researchers want to work on the same extension to my paper. Who to help?

How to appropriately email a researcher to ask for details about their paper?

My advisor wants me to make my PhD thesis weaker

Is it ethical to offer a student a job during the final weeks of his thesis if you are partly grading it?

How to deal with people looking at their mobile phone during my presentation?

Obstacles to collaborative research between experimentalists, theorists, and computational researchers

What is the appropriate response to students who peek at the exam questions before the exam starts?

Why doesn't academia incorporate spaced repetition in higher education?