Contemplating a move: Anybody know anything about Ripon College and Ripon Wisconsin, or McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) and Westminster Maryland?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 21, 2007 -
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Are there any good academic papers out there applying political theory and philosophy to the moderation of online forums?
Also interested in recommendations of papers on moderation in online forums in general.
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posted by klangklangston
on Feb 8, 2007 -
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I studied philosophy in college. By my senior year I had decided that I wanted to pursue a career in academia. I had co-founded a conference. I was writing a thesis. I had intentions of applying to graduate schools. However, during my last semester I experienced a crisis of faith and delayed my thesis for six months, eventually earning a "C". I want to go back and do the job right, but I don't know how.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 30, 2006 -
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Academics: What's your filing system for academic papers?
As I finish up my undergrad degree and enter grad school, I'm reading a lot of papers. Currently, they're just in a tall stack on my desk and in a folder in my Mac.
I'm interested in hearing filing solutions -- both hard copy and electronic -- for academic papers.
posted by pealco
on Dec 14, 2006 -
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How to deal with disruptive university students who are determined to ruin the course and the tutors?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 12, 2006 -
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We're meant to do all of our University assignments with Harvard Referencing. Easy enough. However I've grown used to using Word's system of managing references and it does all the updating itself for any changes I make - has anyone got any ideas how to get Word 2007 (or 2003 / XP) to do the referencing? My Google-fu has failed me so far.
posted by philsi
on Nov 8, 2006 -
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How to write a blog about my work (I am a senior lecturer in a university) without making myself exposed, and without breaching rules of confidentially?
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posted by slimeline
on Oct 28, 2006 -
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What academic programs exist for getting into [creative, helpful] international developmental work? Alternately, can someone with a B.A. in Poli Sci do something more than volunteer or intern in such a field?
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posted by trinarian
on Oct 7, 2006 -
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Academic writer's block: tips, strategies, experiences, psychology for dealing with it?
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posted by RogerB
on Sep 27, 2006 -
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Help me daydream! What are some fairly inexpensive, delightfully exotic places to live that have excellent internet connections?
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posted by LarryC
on May 6, 2006 -
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In a few academic papers I've seen, instead of the usual ACM/IEEE copyright blurb, it just says "Copyright held by the author". What's the significance of this? Can anyone just replace the ACM copyright with their own? Does it affect the paper's acceptance rate? Does the conference or journal approve of this?
posted by lpctstr;
on Mar 29, 2006 -
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I'm looking for a certain political theorist's description of the different stages of national revolutions. I think it's Max Weber, but I'm not sure. The basic theory says that there are three stages to any revolution, starting from an elite core, to a larger mainstream body, and then ending in a larger synthesis upon which the revolutionary group becomes indistinguishable from the mainstream. Does anyone know where this is from?
posted by kensanway
on Mar 2, 2006 -
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For physics papers, all the recent research is put onto
http://www.arxiv.org/ Are there equivalent repositories for other disciplines, especially the social sciences?
posted by apathy0o0
on Feb 25, 2006 -
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I pine for access to
Jstor. And my life would be perfect if I could use the
Archive of Americana. Does anyone know of an academic library with subscriptions to either of these services that allows non-affiliated folks to buy a library card and access their subscription databases?
posted by LarryC
on Nov 22, 2005 -
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What are your impressions of the various course management systems you've used? My college is having a look beyond Blackboard, especially after the
merger news.
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posted by jwells
on Oct 20, 2005 -
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I’m currently looking for footage to use as b-roll for an academic project I am working on.
The project deals with consumer ethics across cultures, specifically in relation to sweatshop labour, environmentally unsound and counterfeit goods.
The cutaway footage I'm looking for needs to illustrate and break up these aesthetically challenged interviews.
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posted by strawberryviagra
on Sep 28, 2005 -
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Has there been any serious evaluation of the psychology and sociology behind furry fandom? Or is it usually only mentioned as a subgroup of fandoms in general?
posted by monsterhero
on Sep 13, 2005 -
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I agreed to "edit" a (25-page) thesis paper for a friend at another college. When the paper arrived, it was so raw that the whole thing needed to be massively reorganized, not just tweaked for grammar and clarity. It then became clear (through subsequent discussions with her about it) that what she wanted me to do was basically reword much of the language as well (she considers me to be a stronger writer) to make it "sound better."
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 28, 2005 -
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Tablet PC Curious: Looking for advice from tablet owners, especially teachers.
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posted by LarryC
on Jun 25, 2005 -
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I am a M.A. student at a small university in Canada. Next week I will be heading to a large academic conference and I want to have some business cards for
shmoozing networking purposes.
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posted by synecdoche
on May 22, 2005 -
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Academic research resources: I do research in the field of global health, at the intersection of medicine and social science. After months of using Medline, Proquest, and ASSIA and being frustrated, I just stumbled upon Scopus, and it's rocking my world. But now I wonder: is there anything better that I'm missing?
posted by stonerose
on Mar 22, 2004 -
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How do they create book indexes? I have a friend who's a grad student, and she needs to create an index for her hundred page scientific thesis. Is there any easy way to do it in MS Word, or another software product -- something that a non-geek could churn and burn with in a couple of hours?
posted by SpecialK
on Jan 22, 2004 -
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