Questions tagged [policy]
On the formulation and application of formal rules and regulations by a university, instructor, or publisher.
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How to handle a missing author on an ECCV paper submission after the deadline?
We recently submitted a paper to ECCV (European Conference on Computer Vision), but realized after the submission deadline that one of our significant contributors was omitted from the author list. ...
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Is it unfair to retroactively excuse a student for absences?
A student revealed her pregnancy AFTER accumulating eight absences and missing a crucial midterm exam. The university’s policy stipulates that accommodations are not retroactive, and instructors are ...
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Why such apathy towards double-counting of courses?
Many universities in the US disallow double-counting courses for double-major students. Why is that? The course content is basically the same, right?
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Course Syllabus changed drastically, leading to drastically different final grades
Apologies if this is not the place for such a question. I've seen elsewhere that other professors reserve the right to change syllabi midsemester. However, it's been brought to my attention that a ...
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Are there any PHD scholarships in Public Policy/ Public Administration or Public Management in UK, US or Germany? For international students? [closed]
Am searching for a fully funded PHD scholarship, in Public Management, Policy or administration in US, UK or in Germany? For international students, I come from Kenya and I have a master degree in ...
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submitting article with currently no access to data used
Say one works on a scholarly article with data that were available at her institution. Then, she leaves the institution (data is no more accessible), but wants to submit her article to a scientific ...
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How has Academica changed in response mental health disorders? [closed]
How do universities handle the ever so growing influx of people that are Neurodivergent, and Neurological disorders? Furthermore, what resources, and protocols are there present at the post-secondary ...
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The registrar's office requested me to raise the cap of my courses
I work for a small private college and today I received an e-mail from the registrar's office requesting me to raise the cap of two courses that I will be teaching in the spring since there are a few ...
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ORI Research Misconduct rulemaking comments [closed]
I am writing comments on the Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct on regulations.gov. This is my first time making comments on policy making. I am curious if HHS ever censors these ...
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Do any colleges/universities require professors to provide the library with a free copy of a book they have written while employed by the school? [closed]
Let's say Professor X, who is currently a tenured professor at Y University, writes a book on genetic mutation. Is it likely Y University has a policy that requires Professor X to supply the ...
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What’s a university’s policy for late paper (lab papers) in case of technical issues? [closed]
I faced an issue where a large amount of my lab papers got deleted near the completion of the semester. Some of those reports where combined and data collected in multiple weeks. Paper lengths were ...
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Is it academic dishonesty and punishable if quizzes are reused in a retaken course (calculus)?
I am currently retaking a calculus course that I failed, and noticed that all the quizzes are exactly the same from when I took it. I do have the solutions to the quizzes, as I have looked over them ...
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Are there examples of journals with an explicit policy on GPT-3 and equivalent language models?
In the question Is it OK to use GPT-3+ to rewrite your own paper to have better English? @gerrit mentions that:
Check the rules of the journal. Chances are they allow automated spelling, grammar, and ...
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Where do we draw the line between suspicion, and evidence, of cheating on an exam?
Where do we draw the line between suspicion and evidence of cheating on an exam?
For example, on an online timed essay exam, in a student's essay, 99% of the sentences are identical to sentences found ...
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College policy change after grant awarded
What recourse is there to a faculty member if the university changes its policy after a grant has been awarded?
I am a tenured professor and recently won a prestigious research grant. For years, my ...
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