Tag: letters of recommendation
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An Unconventional and Fruitful Approach to Studying Philosophy
The New Yorker published a profile of L.A. Paul (Yale) today. It’s a detailed, positive piece that covers her background, education, career, and ideas.
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Have Any Philosophy Departments Stopped Considering Letters of Recommendation?
A philosophy professor writes that his department is entertaining the possibility of not requiring letters of recommendation from those applying to its graduate program,…
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Writing Letters for Applicants to Philosophy Graduate Programs
One of your undergraduate students tells you they’re applying to graduate programs in philosophy. They ask you to write a letter of recommendation. So…
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Student Discouraged by Sectarian and Defeatist Professors
A recent college graduate who finished near the top of his class wrote to me last year to share a problem he was having with the…
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Vetting Letters of Recommendation
The American Philosophical Association (APA) recommends that the letters of recommendation in a job candidate’s dossier be reviewed by the candidate’s placement director. Specifically,…
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How to Ask Your Profs for Letters of Recommendation (guest post by Kathryn Norlock)
The following is a guest post* by Kathryn J. Norlock, who holds the Kenneth Mark Drain Chair in Ethics at Trent University, advising undergraduates applying…
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Hiring Departments: Try This New Free Recommendations Service
MARGY (Managing Academic Recommendations Gratis Yay), the free service for emailing confidential letters of recommendation developed by philosophers David Faraci (Georgetown) and Graham Leach-Krouse (Kansas State),…
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About Letters of Recommendation
Consider this a space for the discussion of various issues related to letters of recommendations. Here are three:
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Philosophers Develop Free Recommendation Letters Service
Philosophers David Faraci (Georgetown) and Graham Leach-Krouse (Kansas State) have developed a new automated, secure, and free system for emailing confidential letters of recommendation. It’s called…
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Tips for Writing Letters for Applicants to Grad Programs
The recent spate of posts on letters of recommendation (students writing for profs, things best left out of the letters, and being asked to…
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Being Asked To Write Your Own Recommendation
Yes, this is “letters of recommendation” week at Daily Nous. On Monday, there was an inquiry from a student about how to write letters…
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On Students Writing Letters for Faculty
A graduate student in philosophy writes in with the following query: I’m a philosophy PhD student and avid reader of Daily Nous. I particularly…
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Late Letters of Recommendation
A philosopher currently on the job market writes in with a query: The philosophers who are writing my letters of recommendation are incredibly overworked.…