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Can administrative work benefit a PostDoc?
Imagine a relatively new Postdoc. She joined a new group (3-5 PhDs, 1 Prof.) and due to 'special circumstances' (Prof. too busy and mostly unavailable) is now responsible for all the PhD and Master/...
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How does management work in academia? Who do professors report to?
In commercial companies you will mostly only have a handful people per manager. For example in a law firm it might be four or five and rarely that I know of more than a dozen. But in (university) ...
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For what reasons might a full professor lose tenure?
Recently, a full professor at my university lost their tenure and had their employment with the university terminated. I have never heard of a tenured faculty member "being fired" before. I am not ...
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How to request a professor to let you into their class [closed]
For various valid reasons, I was not able to sign up for a certain math course that I need. The professor is amazing, and I really hope to get into her class. I went to her class every day for a week, ...
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A female professor was found responsible for sexual harassment – what can happen to the signatories of a letter in support of her?
The New York Times article reported a female professor at New York University was found to be responsible for sexual harassment of a male student.
There's a letter of support for this professor, sent ...
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how should I be positive about financial support?
I am accepted for the January intake.I am a fully funded student.
I received the acceptance letter from university but the university has not sent me any financial support letter.
My supervisor just ...
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What is the point of being the head of the department?
What is the point of being the head of the department ?
I'm an undergraduate Physics & Mathematics student and I want to stay in academia, do research and also teach. I'm assuming professors also ...
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I feel I may have misspoken about Donald Trump in our Dept. Should I risk drawing attention to the issue by apologizing for it? [closed]
Some administrators and professors and I were talking about all the recent events going on, and I feel I may have participated a bit much in the dialogue and now feel I may have gotten on some people'...
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Is Dean-hood largely irreversible, and if so why?
In academia, I have noticed a number of cases where a professor who becomes a Dean (or other non-department administrative post like Provost) effectively permanently stops being a researcher ...
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As a department head, what to do if a professor leaves without giving out grades?
I am department head. An adjunct professor teaching two courses in my department left without notice. He did not deliver the grades to me.
We have no staff in that field to give the final exam again. ...
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What steps can faculty and staff take to promote excellence in, and importance of, teaching?
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Faculty don't think teaching is as important as their other responsibilities; how do we change that?
Long version
I've been working in academia for a long time and whenever I see instructors ...
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Why do research faculty pursue administrative positions, such as dean, provost, president, etc. ? Do such positions spell the end of one's research?
At a recent seminar talk, I was amazed to note that one of the two coauthors (not the presenter) was the president of a large and well-known university, since I had always assumed that taking on such ...
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What is the difference between academic and administrative department heads?
In a comment, it was quoted that some universities have administrative or academic department head. I sensed this difference before (but do not remember specifically), but I always thought that the ...
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What are the risks associated with taking a semester off while doing a Master's degree?
I am curious about this - I'm currently undergoing a Masters degree and am almost finished.
I finished the coursework, however, I still have the thesis project plus the thesis. And it's looking ...
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How to highlight the importance of past positions in CV?
When addressing the past positions in a resume, although titles somewhat describes the role, they cannot clarify the importance of positions.
For example, listing a past position of department chair ...
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