Academia Weekly Newsletter - Friday, May 29, 2015

Top new questions this week: How true is the stereotype that PhD graduates are overqualified? I am a Masters student, and I think this is the only place in the whole internet that do not hold stereotyped negative attitude towards PhD recipients. From time to time,however, these sort of quotes ... phd graduate-school industry   asked by motiur 46 votes answered by xLeitix 38 votes Is it a terrible idea to aim for a lower journal for a paper? Okay, I'll try to explain what I mean quickly. My research on a topic kind of strayed from its original purpose, and for some reason (bad choice, lack of experience, lack of guidance, etc) I stayed ... publications paper-submission   asked by YungHummmma 27 votes answered by xLeitix 42 votes My paper has not been published because I did not show up for the conference presentation My paper has not been published because none of the authors presented the paper. My supervisor (my co-author) was at the conference, but he did not show up to present. I can only assume he was tired ... conference ieee   asked by AJed 27 votes answered by Alexandros 75 votes How should I handle reviewing a paper that is very similar to something I am working on? I was sent a paper to review recently. I decided to review the paper and saw that part of the paper is on a very similar method that I have been working on recently. Not the wording, of course, but ... peer-review plagiarism   asked by cagirici 25 votes answered by O. R. Mapper 20 votes Can I serve as a reference for someone applying to fill my position? I work as an administrator at a university and will soon be resigning from my position (the job has already been posted). A student who I formerly supervised is applying for my position and has asked ... ethics job-search reference-request   asked by dclarke 25 votes answered by Steve Jessop 5 votes How to pick the brain of a professor with whom you have no connection I want to learn more about a specific part of a narrow, fledgling field. I want to have a 30 minute conversation with a the burgeoning experts in this area of study -- they are all researchers at ... advisor professors independent-researcher networking communication   asked by Ain Britain 22 votes answered by A Jack 20 votes How to deal with failing a student? I supervise a student who works on her bachelor thesis. The problem is, she has not delivered anything, never asks for any help, and when I offer her some help she claims that she understands and she ... students grading supervision   asked by Lazarus 21 votes answered by Stephan Kolassa 25 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is the origin of the "underwater basket weaving" meme in Academia? "Underwater basket weaving" is often used as a placeholder for "irrelevant, useless university course." (Despite the fact that it's an actual thing.) More generally, "Basket weaving" and related ... coursework reference-request academic-history   asked by ff524 77 votes answered by ff524 72 votes I want to do research but I'm too old for a PHD I really love research. I started a research project in graduate school for my M.A. in English. My research topic is a very viable and interesting topic for a dissertation. I'll be 60 on my next ... phd age   asked by Santina Knight 79 votes answered by dmckee 47 votes Can you answer these? Tracking updates for an individual paper in arXiv Albeit arXiv offers RSS news feeds for subject areas updates, it is also possible to track an individual paper for updates (such as if it was submitted and/or accepted to a journal)? arxiv   asked by shamisen 5 votes Electronic Assessment / Submission for questions where each student should have a different correct answer I am looking for software that will automatically assess the output of student assignments, or at least the numerical parts of them. This is for a large class of >100 students and multiple ... teaching grading assessment   asked by tom 3 votes

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