Questions tagged [administration]
On the administration or running of an academic department or organization, or the people associated with this role. [administration] is mainly concerned with overseeing regular operations, while [governance] involves strategic tasks of setting goals and direction.
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What do the middle digits of course codes represent?
Take the course code PHYS 3054 or PHYS 354. The physics department doesn't offer 54 courses at the 300 or 3000 level.
I imagine some universities subscribe to a set of common best practices for ...
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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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How should administration punish sexual abuse/trade for grade?
It happens that some students offer sex for grade.
Just considering the fact that popularity of this strategy can strongly weaken the quality of education, administrators should take some actions to ...
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How important is the country of academic experience in applying for US academic jobs?
I have long academic experiences in African universities (where I studied and am based). I had various administrative positions such as head, dean, vice president. Academically, I have supervised tens ...
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Do students and faculty comprise any State University in the US?
Oxford University as a corporation grants membership to the matriculated students who are currently pursuing a degree. However, in the US there seems to be a tendency for University legal business to ...
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What is the typical Legal Structure of a modern College?
I'm very perplexed as to how the terms College and University are archaically used to denote associations of people, but are in modern times being used to denote buildings or realty.
What are ...
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Can the graduate school administration change graduation dates?
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Following the deliberate delay my thesis paperwork by my professor, and after my department ignored my thesis revision requests for over 6 months, I ...
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Can a student seek redress for the administration neglecting their paperwork?
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Following the (delayed) approval of my thesis paperwork by my professor, the review staff of my small (~20 grad students?) department took weeks to ...
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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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Is a Master 2 Research (Europe) a University or Postgraduate Degree?
I am currently applying for post-docs and for one of them, I should provide the "category" or degree/educational establishment where I have the choice between:
University degree
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PhD
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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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How much is the teaching duty of university administrators?
Due to the time-consuming nature of administrative jobs, university administrators normally reduce their teaching duties. This reduction is normally proportional to the level of administrative job: ...
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What consequences should I expect after violence in my classroom?
I am a teaching assistant and master's student in the math dept. at a large state university. I was holding a discussion section this morning when some young man walks in with his shirt off acting ...
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What is the appropriate mechanism for finding administrative support for a conference?
We're organizing a conference and I currently don't have administrative support to process our income and receipts. I don't have a personal admin and I curious about the best and polite way to find ...
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How should an educational institute woo good faculty?
What steps must an educational institution wanting to recruit good faculty take? There is a cycle in the academia:
Good doctorates from top universities invariably join other top universities as ...
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