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Would applying for a tenure track position while I am a visiting instructor look bad to the institution and my colleagues if I am not selected?
I am a fourth year doctoral candidate in an Experimental Psychology program at an R2 and am completing a visiting instructor appointment at a small liberal arts college (SLAC) right now. I had seen ...
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The Title of Adjunct Professors in the UC System
When I was recently looking for academic positions in the US, I noticed that the actual titles of many assistant and associate professors in the University of California system are "adjunct ...
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Can I still decline an accepted counter offer before signing a contract?
I am currently in a tenure-track assistant professor (AP) position. About one month ago, I got an AP position offer from a better ranked university, with a good startup package. When I informed my ...
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Are there any actions professors can take online to contribute towards "service requirements"?
I would like to fulfill my service requirements for the tenure review process. My question: Is it possible to help fulfill these requirements through on-line activities? E.g. Mentoring students ...
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How much do you agree with Elon Musk statement that non one is going to read your publications? [closed]
I have seen a public video on youtube where Elon Musk gave his opinion about academic publications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA_2v0d9Gzs
He stated that most academic publications are pretty ...
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How competitive is it to become a tenured history professor at a four year institution?
I am a current history undergraduate student who would like to teach someday! I would really like to teach at the collegiate level but I hear that it's becoming very competitive to find a tenure track?...
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Do teaching-only faculties get tenures? [closed]
As far as I understand, there are two types of faculties in the universities/colleges:
Research + teaching faculties
Teaching-only faculties
Do teaching-only faculties get tenures (i.e. permanent ...
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What is the maximum age to get into academia, as a recent PhD / recent post-doc, in the US? [closed]
At what age does breaking into academia as a professor, e.g. recent PhD / recent post-doc, in the United States become effectively impossible?
Is it at the age of 30 or 40?
I keep hearing about ...
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Will it look bad if I (tenured faculty) apply for a position at a different R1, a year after moving to my current R1?
I am a tenured professor. I recently moved to a new R1 university (less than a year) but always had a different school as my dream university. How odd is it to apply to another university given that I ...
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How does a tenure track professor get money to recruit PhD students? [closed]
Does the university/institution or department give money to their tenured-track professors to hire PhD-students?
Do they have to write grants to get funded to recruit PhD students?
What are the ...
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Choosing between two good reference letters providers
I am in the process of applying to tenure-track assistant-professorships positions in my home country.
Some institutions request no more then 3 reference letters.
Two letters I will have from my ...