Graduate Matters
Two grad students discuss their unique experiences of having to switch supervisors.
dissertation. I reviewed the research interests of the faculty members in the department and tried to find the faculty member whose research interests most closely aligned with mine. I ended up scheduling a meeting with my new prospective advisor, explaining the situation, and describing why I was i...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/the-hard-task-of-switching-supervisors-during-graduate-studies/
Ask Dr. Editor
Material that may appear to be too different can sometimes make the book stronger and better.
Question: I’m quilting together a draft of my first monograph, and the more I revise it, the more I’m getting worried that there’s a chunk that doesn’t quite fit. But I’m so done with this topic! The idea of having to do more research and write more in this are...
Features
L’évaluation des étudiants est un aspect important, bien que souvent peu attrayant, de la vie universitaire. Le processus gagne toutefois en facilité et en exactitude.
dissertations avec des questions à court développement. Résultat : les neuf logiciels en lice ont égalé ou dépassé le degré d’exactitude des correcteurs humains.
M. Gierl ne s’en étonne pas. « Ce n’est qu’une infime partie des capacités actuelles des ordinateurs », ajoute-t-il...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/levaluation-revue-corrigee/
Features
Across the country, people with disabilities are redefining the possible by excelling in scholarly pursuits that were once off limits to them.
dissertation there were almost 900 baths in Rome, which he compares to the 102 Starbucks in Calgary.)
One of the first engineering students in a wheelchair at the University of Calgary, Dr. Oetelar’s cerebral palsy leaves him with the use of one arm, makes speaking difficult and means he can wa...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/opening-doors-disability/
Features
On their way to graduation, PhD students become converts to the Church of Knowledge. But this secular church is in need of reformation.
dissertation – a book-length work in the humanities and social sciences; shorter in the STEM disciplines, though just as demanding. Finally, they have to stand up for the dissertation they have written against a specially constituted committee of experts at a formal PhD oral defense.
The PhD is...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-phd-conversion-experience/
Features
By engaging with the public, academics are building trust on behalf of their institutions within their communities.
dissertation projects allows space for students to be assessed on skills that include collaboration, the ability to connect with diverse audiences and to successfully share their scholarship with the world outside academia.
Such skills are the building blocks of Concordia’s public scholars prog...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-rise-of-public-scholarship/
News
Individualized programs, less coursework and scrapping comprehensive exams some of the options discussed at Future of the Humanities PhD conference in Ottawa.
dissertations, and non-academic expertise on dissertation supervisory boards, among other things.
For Dr. Zwicker, unclear expectations are one of the most pressing concerns. Departments should work on clarifying degree outcomes and the expectations for each program year, and should rethink typic...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/experts-press-flexible-phd-programs-shorter-completion-times/
News
dissertation-committee meetings have already moved online, and now students will also have the option to remain enrolled in their programs, to choose “Final Stage Status” if they have already completed 75 percent of the first draft of their thesis and all coursework, or to take an “inactive”...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-may-2020/
In my opinion
The three-minute thesis competition isn’t the best way to learn to communicate.
dissertation into a dance video. According to the contest’s Facebook page, the event has been sponsored in the last couple of years by TEDx Brussels, an organizer of Ted-Talks events.
The 3MT, the longest running event in the trend to elevator pitch academic research, has spawned preparatory wo...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/how-not-to-lighten-up-your-research/
In my opinion
Qu’advient-il de la liberté universitaire des étudiants?
dissertation de philosophie, mais ne peut non plus réussir son cours sans rédiger de dissertation argumentative. La liberté d’apprendre constitue donc la liberté universitaire propre aux étudiants, mais ne s’y limite pas.
En contrepartie, la liberté qu’ont les étudiants de s’exprim...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/a-mon-avis/la-liberte-dapprendre-des-etudiants/
In my opinion
It’s crucial that we restructure our PhD programs from beginning to end to reflect the actual – as opposed to imagined – career outcomes of our students.
dissertation – for example, the CAGS consultation document “Reimagining the PhD: Doctoral Comprehensive Exam,” from September 2017. Here at Concordia, we have recently undertaken an environmental scan of practices and perceptions around the comps, which haven’t changed very much since their ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/we-need-an-outcomes-based-approach-to-doctoral-education/
In my opinion
If the academy truly desires greater representation in its ranks, it would provide robust postdoctoral support and dismantle the exploitative adjunct system.
dissertation before my funding ran out, but without a postdoctoral scholarship or part-time teaching opportunities lined up, and no parental home to return to, I had to take a full-time office job to begin making loan payments (and pay the cost of living, of course). The position was entry level bec...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/the-humanities-still-have-a-class-problem/
The Associate
The typical PhD funding package is for four or five years but the typical PhD takes six or seven.
dissertation of 300 or so pages, our program can’t simply start calling for 150-page ones. Our doctoral program can either be one that conforms to the standards of the discipline or a four-year one, but it is not obvious that it can be both.
Doctoral students don’t much worry when entering th...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-associate/todays-phd-students-face-pressure/
The Black Hole
dissertation shows that you take initiative and are committed, self-motivated, self-disciplined and very tenacious. Work well under pressure and with minimal supervision? You betcha!
Speculative Diction
dissertation). On this particular morning I’m chatting with professor Adeline Koh of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, and Rosemary G. Feal of the University of Buffalo, who currently serves as the executive director of the Modern Language Association in the U.S.
We’re not having a week...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/how-the-network-works/
Speculative Diction
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https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/bursting-a-bubble-privilege-access-to-the-academic-life/
Speculative Diction
dissertation proposal, and then the dissertation itself; the time can start to add up. In some U.S. doctoral programs, including at prestigious institutions, “standard” times to completion can be seven or more years given that there may be requirements to work in multiple languages (depending on...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/re-framing-the-picture-on-phd-completion/
Speculative Diction
dissertation) with other work and opportunities that come along, which can in turn lead to jobs in the future. This is a dilemma that many PhD candidates face, since it involves a difficult transition into largely unknown territory. We’re aware that the job market isn’t a friendly place these da...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/juggling-act/
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