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How should I deal with becoming discouraged as a graduate student?

How to effectively deal with Imposter Syndrome: “I've somehow convinced everyone that I'm actually good at this”

How to avoid procrastination during the research phase of my PhD?

What to do about questions that are designed to embarrass the speaker?

What to do about “grade grubbers?”

How to stop feeling guilty about unfinished work?

PhD Student : Publish Paper with Wife?

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

Should I explain to the graduate admission committee why I am older than most prospective PhD students?

How to deal with an academic 'stalker'?

How can I determine whether a student has written an excellent paper themselves, or hired someone else to do it?

Life as a math professor

What to do about top students making other students lose confidence?

How to write an academic paper for the first time?

I am currently debating whether to leave my PhD program- any advice

How to evaluate potential advisers on grounds other than their research/publications?

What questions should one ask to the former/current students of a professor before deciding whether to do PhD under him/her?

Age and Graduate school

How should a teaching-assistant deal with an angry student?

How to handle not having my PhD advisor as a reference?

What are some options for a graduate student abandoned by Ph. D advisor?

How to avoid thinking about research in free time?

Is there such a thing like “18-months/half-time syndrome”?

What is being done to make the academic environment more women friendly?

What are some ways to increase grading speed?

What's the best way to share my presentation slides online?

Why do graduate school application forms ask applicants to name the other schools to which he/she is applying?

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Distance learning: taken seriously?

Research on practices in addressing faculty bullying/harassment in academia