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104 votes
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How to react professionally when you receive a complaint from a student

96 votes

Is it rude to send my professor a link with teaching advice?

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

69 votes

Are there good reasons to avoid using color in research papers?

65 votes
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Any place for people with fear of writing?

54 votes

How to deal with failing a student?

51 votes
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Are course grade distributions supposed to be bell shaped?

48 votes

Can a professor refuse to introduce any textbook for a course?

41 votes

How to tell an over-confident student they still have a lot to learn?

40 votes
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Dealing with listening/talking to researchers with difficult accents

38 votes
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How can I improve the effectiveness of my literature searches?

33 votes

How to sign your email to students, so to avoid their immature behavior?

32 votes

How to handle students who try to negotiate away penalties for late submission of coursework?

31 votes

Best way to respond to a request for CV

29 votes

How should a teaching-assistant calm his anxious student down in an exam?

29 votes

Is it acceptable to ask for course notes ahead of time?

24 votes
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How to improve writing skills when writing a manuscript for the first time?

23 votes
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How should I use a laptop in class without distracting others?

23 votes
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Visualization tool for paper citations

23 votes
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Is it acceptable to wear the same outfit every day?

22 votes
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Removing outliers. Would it be called cherrypicking data?

22 votes

How to handle requests for a race-based exam structure?

21 votes

How to avoid disrupting the narrative in a scientific paper when you have done too much work

21 votes
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Is it appropriate to email an eminent researcher in your field?

20 votes

How to send your transcript directly from your US university to grad schools without the transcript office knowing which schools

20 votes
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Should the first letter of the axis label be uppercase?

19 votes
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Feedback for a student showing improvement

19 votes

What are some good books to read in order to improve my academic writing?

19 votes

Applying for assistant professor position with limited teaching experience

19 votes
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Is the phrase "We can see that ..." appropriate in research papers?

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