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Those of you working in academia long-term, how do you like it?

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Why is there so much smugness towards students on /r/professors?

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Seeking for participating in research

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How much “fluff” is there in your field?

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Academic writing question: once someone becomes obtains a PhD, do you refer to them as "Dr" even when writing about a time before they obtained it?

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Marquis Who's Who invite, scam?

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Lots of people think PhDs are generally intelligent, but what are some intellectually related things you're terrible at?

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Question regarding phrasing in my thesis

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How do someone become a university lecturer / professor?

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In humanities there's adjunct hell; in STEM there's the postdoc graveyard; what happens to social sciences people who fail to get a TT job?

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Does Academia.edu cause anybody else's internet browser to crash?

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How much longer will academia last?

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What quote did you use in your PhD Dissertation?

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Independent researchers, what are your ways of doing research and acquiring resources?

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Cross-Platform Microarray Analysis: Normalization, PCA, and Annotation Challenges

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Are students entering grad school directly at increasingly higher rates?

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Where can I submit my socio-legal research paper on technology?

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Did I mess up by not including a CC'd Professor in an email chain?

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PhD Program Life

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College Ranking, why does it matter?

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Need to guidance to start systematic review. What are the steps should be taken for quality study search.

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Question about role and resources regarding research Centers, Institutes, etc.?? Can't find direct answers anywhere.

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US Master's, looking into a PHD in Germany

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Referencing help.

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Sites that summarize research papers with AI?

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