Recent questions tagged academia

Description : Why are there so many socialists and communists in prestigious colleges and universities?

Last Answer : That was the sound of any semblance of credibility leaving the building. So we have a plan for suicide posts.. What about alzheimer’s? Any number we can post?

Description : Tutor Trouble? My friend and I got into a fight with him?

Last Answer : Too long to read. I’ll wait for the movie.

Description : What is a good forum to post an informal thesis survey?

Last Answer : This is where it pays to be a member of several forums, do you belong to any you can leverage? Maybe a site you haven’t thought about? For my surveys I’ve used facebook, a quit-smoking forum I belong to and a music forum I belong to. Didn’t get 200 but got about 60–70 just with those.

Description : Women's/Gender Studies people - what's the difference between primary and secondary sources?

Last Answer : answer:Here is a link that might provide some guidance . In my historical work on gender studies, I treated my own interviews as primary studies. Hypothesis based on the author's interviews in a ... source. So a particular work, you can reference the same author as both primary and secondary.

Description : Asking a professor to be a second reader in an email?

Last Answer : answer:You use the same language you used here (but check for word order - your typing got a little garbled.) Dear Professor Lifesaver; I will be completing my undergraduate project on ( ... you at your convenience. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Sincerely yours, Eager student.

Description : I'm terrible at math: Am I doomed to bomb the GRE and go to a 3rd tier grad school?

Last Answer : GREs aren't that important, schools say. Make sure the rest of your package is good like having an excellent essay and really good recommendations. I'd highly recommend taking a Kaplan GRE course if you' ... ). You can also look at average GRE scores for Columbia for the major you're interested in.

Description : What is the true value of a modern PhD degree?

Last Answer : It depends on what it’s in and what you’re going to do with it.

Description : How do you feel about Sherry Turkle's Work?

Last Answer : answer:I have never heard of her, but her credentials are certainly impressive, and her latest book, Alone Together sounds fascinating. She's very well credentialed. Thanks for bringing her ... moves into the virtual realm, the psychological implications are going to be more and more important.

Description : What magic spell do I use to make ice cream appear in my freezer from thin air?

Last Answer : Hm. I’ll have to think. It’s too bad you don’t have ice cream already. Then you could just use Accio.

Description : How can I improve my chances of being accepted into a PhD program?

Last Answer : In all honesty your academic record does not sound Ph.D. impressive. This does not mean you cannot get in but it does mean you need to do some more work on your own behalf. Ph.D. programs are ... subjects altogether. However if you test out of Math 111 so you can take Math 243 that looks just fine.

Description : Can you explain to me the difference between discourse and narrative?

Last Answer : A narrative is a story or an account of something that has been or is being related. A discourse is expression of thought, usually one that is organized and lengthier, such as a lecture.

Description : Is it possible to defer one grad school, while accepting another?

Last Answer : I don't even know if that's possible. The school you would defer might not accept that offer; they may want you to re-apply for that term that you would be starting there. The school I'm at goes ... if just for a year. If you do well your first year, you could probably easily get that money again.

Description : Should I get a master's before I get my Ph.D.?

Last Answer : My advice would be to just go into the phd program--most don't require a separate masters. You're better off using the time you would spend on the masters doing actual enviro work or activism in ... or better yet, skip the phd. the world has plenty of academics, and needs more thoughtful activists.

Description : Help getting out of a creative/intellectual/social funk...

Last Answer : what kind of creative stuff do you normally like?