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19 votes

Why did I receive a negative response from a professor when emailing about course content and prerequisites of a course I am considering taking?

answered Apr 7, 2021 at 18:56

14 votes

How can I avoid overuse of words like "however" and "therefore" in academic writing?

answered Dec 2, 2020 at 19:03

12 votes

Is it unethical for someone to proofread/edit your cover letter or CV?

answered Jul 14, 2016 at 23:49

12 votes

Is it ethical to share with students a book draft that the author no longer makes publicly available?

answered Jul 6, 2021 at 18:47

9 votes

Is supervisor bound to clarify the technical queries of a Ph.D. researcher?

answered Aug 1, 2021 at 8:26

9 votes

Can I add "padding" not relevant to the review to reach the minimum required word count?

answered 2 days ago

7 votes

How to deal with students who regularly ignore my ban on using laptops in the classroom?

answered Mar 20, 2024 at 18:56

6 votes

Grading: students give correct answers, but in the wrong places

answered Feb 26, 2015 at 2:28

5 votes

Solution manual and copyright?

answered Feb 4, 2015 at 4:17

5 votes

We are a UK programming company with a maths discovery, but we cannot get into contact with any mathematicians. Help?

answered May 28, 2022 at 0:53

4 votes

Does it make sense to reward the entire class with better grades if (and only if) no cheating is detected?

answered May 2, 2021 at 4:15

4 votes

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

answered Nov 2, 2016 at 13:27

4 votes

I wrote the code based on a paper's methodology; are there any legal problems with making it open source?

answered Jul 11, 2016 at 19:39

3 votes

Could I use colors to distinguish variables in a paper?

answered Oct 6, 2021 at 3:04

3 votes

Student gives two different answers to one exam question, one right and one wrong. How should I mark/grade this?

answered Mar 17, 2022 at 17:40

3 votes

What is the meaning of “we can't offer to further consider this paper in its current shape”?

answered Feb 10, 2023 at 0:38

3 votes

What to do when corresponding author insists adding an affiliation that I do not belong to?

answered Nov 21, 2023 at 1:43

2 votes

I already took a test a friend is studying for. How should I respond to his question about a textbook problem he doesn't know is on the test?

answered May 16, 2025 at 18:37

2 votes

What is the potential harm of using AI to check calculation error/ doing routine but boring calculations?

answered Dec 11, 2025 at 1:47

2 votes

What good is my paper if the code is not open source?

answered Jun 21, 2022 at 23:50

2 votes

Should I ask my online PhD interview panel whether my partner can sit in?

answered Apr 6, 2016 at 17:30

1 vote

What to do when a referee wants to criticize someone else through me

answered Jan 11, 2015 at 3:15

0 votes

How to use results/ideas from a paper I reviewed?

answered Jul 1, 2016 at 18:44

0 votes

investigating an allegation that I may have potentially breached Code of Conduct

answered Jan 10, 2024 at 21:39

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Why did I receive a negative response from a professor when emailing about course content and prerequisites of a course I am considering taking?

How can I avoid overuse of words like "however" and "therefore" in academic writing?

Is it unethical for someone to proofread/edit your cover letter or CV?

Is it ethical to share with students a book draft that the author no longer makes publicly available?

Is supervisor bound to clarify the technical queries of a Ph.D. researcher?

Can I add "padding" not relevant to the review to reach the minimum required word count?

How to deal with students who regularly ignore my ban on using laptops in the classroom?

Grading: students give correct answers, but in the wrong places

Solution manual and copyright?

We are a UK programming company with a maths discovery, but we cannot get into contact with any mathematicians. Help?

Does it make sense to reward the entire class with better grades if (and only if) no cheating is detected?

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

I wrote the code based on a paper's methodology; are there any legal problems with making it open source?

Could I use colors to distinguish variables in a paper?

Student gives two different answers to one exam question, one right and one wrong. How should I mark/grade this?

What is the meaning of “we can't offer to further consider this paper in its current shape”?

What to do when corresponding author insists adding an affiliation that I do not belong to?

I already took a test a friend is studying for. How should I respond to his question about a textbook problem he doesn't know is on the test?

What is the potential harm of using AI to check calculation error/ doing routine but boring calculations?

What good is my paper if the code is not open source?

Should I ask my online PhD interview panel whether my partner can sit in?

What to do when a referee wants to criticize someone else through me

How to use results/ideas from a paper I reviewed?

investigating an allegation that I may have potentially breached Code of Conduct