Questions tagged [professorship]
Queries specific to the duties and responsibilities of professors, as distinct from all other academic staff positions. This tag should not be used for queries that could equally apply to researchers or instructors who are not professors.
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Negotiating tenure track position after major career grant
I have been pushing hard for several years to get an academic job, with little success. The best job I could get was a non-tenure track group leader position, with very questionable promotion criteria....
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Excel in both teaching and research as a junior faculty member
I am working as a junior faculty member in a tenure-track position at the Economics department of a mid-sized university in Asia where I am expected to excel in both teaching and research. I have ...
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Job Prospects for a Retired University Director with a PhD in Geology [closed]
This question is for my father, a 62 yr old Retired University Director and Professor. He has a PhD in Geology from the University of Montana on a Fulbright scholarship. He taught geology for a while ...
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Salary of Maître de conférences (France)
I am inquiring about academic positions in France and their salaries.
In particular, I have received an offer for a "Maître de conférences" position. According to my current information, I ...
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Single author or joint paper with a famous author?
A postdoc X is in the early career phase (< 6 years after PhD) in a field that needs lots of publications. X is working in a group whose leader is very famous in a slightly different but still ...
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Publication trend (quality vs quantity) after tenure
Are there any studies that measure the change or the lack thereof in the trend of publications produced by a professor after they got tenured? Do recently tenured professors shift from quantity of ...
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Why don't professors seem to use learning strategies like spaced repetition and note-taking?
I've always been curious about the learning habits of professors and other academic experts. According to research, strategies like spaced repetition and active note-taking are among the most ...
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Why are so many professors' websites out of date?
Inspired by comments and answers to Do professors normally explicitly state on their web page that they aren't taking new applicants?
Given that most professors' websites are years out of date, ...
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Ignored by university after requesting reimbursement for faculty interview campus travel [duplicate]
I did a campus interview for a tenure-track assistant professorship at a public R1 university in March. I was told to purchase my own air travel and submit for reimbursement after the interview due to ...
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Getting response from thank you email in second round of interview [duplicate]
I have second round faculty interview and send thank you notes to Dean of the Dept., chair of the committee and chair of the Dept. The first two replied me, even though I did not expect the Dean ...
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Passionate about research in general but open to many fields: is academia for me?
I've completed my PhD, gone into industry, and now considering returning to academia.
I loved doing the research, all stages of the process, from the exploration of ideas to drafting papers - I ...
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How to deal with students wanting the answer versus working through the process
I am currently teaching an undergraduate forensic photography course, but I'm having a difficult time this semester. Many of my students seem disengaged, and they expect me to simply give them the ...
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Are there any statistics as to the percentage of European students getting a PhD from the USA and then getting employed?
I have a feeling that US PhD degrees (or, at least, a US PostDoc after a PhD from the EU) are valued more in the EU than EU PhD degrees. However, I cannot prove that.
Are there any statistics as to ...
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Is expanding post-doc research idea independently as a faculty a good idea?
I am currently a postdoc in the US, and will likely become a STEM tenure-track assistant professor at an R1 university.
Background.
During my postdoc, I was working on a project that was unsuccessful ...
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How can I check if a professor who holds a second appointment as a faculty researcher is being paid a full salary? [closed]
A professor at a University X is holding a second appointment as a researcher on leave at another University in a different country with his full salary being paid from his funding there.
The ...