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Many universities raise this nicely written slogan "XYZ University is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and intends to recruit, hire, train & promote without regard to...
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In many universities of the developed countries, the normal average load of teaching is 7-10 hours/ week & may reach a maximum of 12 hours/ week. In the developing countries, the usual average...
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The majority of students, as I observed through my long years of teaching, just study well the day or the night preceding an exam. This attitude, as you know, harms the student & the whole...
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In a typical university,the staff is broadly classified into academic&administrative.In some universities, the system is biased towards the administrative staff in 2 respects, payroll &...
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Academic research dishonesty has gained momentum in the past few years with the advancement in communication technologies. With a few clicks, a dishonest academic can find services such as paying...
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As you know, we cannot rely on energy farming in soil, i.e. growing crops for the sake of energy (such as using sugarcane & corn to get bioethanol or using rapeseed & palm oil to get biodiesel)...
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The criteria, for promotion from assistant professor to associate prof. to full prof.,are unfair, in my opinion. Universities are claimed to be centers for teaching & research. In some places, the...
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A sample of poly (vinyl alcohol) was annealed at 120 oC for 90 minutes. The degree of crystallinity was determined by 3 methods (density & it gave 64.7 %), (DSC & it gave 71.1 %), and (IR...
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Assume that you have N,N-dimethylbenzamide (C9H11NO). Is it possible to convert it into N-methylabenzamide (C8H9NO) in one or two steps? One of my professors thought it is feasible while another...
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Is it possible to transform N,N-dimethylaniline (C8H11N) into N-methylaniline (C7H9N) by one or 2 steps? The 2 compounds are bases. Which one is stronger & why?
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