Reference letters come in many different shapes and forms, so don’t think that one size fits all. I’ve written in the past about how to request reference letters in different situations, be it from ...

Shortly after becoming a full professor, I asked a colleague who had held that rank for years to name the greatest challenge she had faced in this ultimate chapter of faculty life. Her instant reply: ...

References can be divided into two main categories by purpose: academic and professional. An academic reference is typically a formal letter of recommendation for an academic job, a scholarship, or a ...

The Dean of Students Office collaborates with the Office of the Registrar to provide letters of recommendation, whether students are applying to law and graduate schools, seeking bar referrals, ...

Over the decades that I’ve worked in universities, I’ve watched academic letters of reference become increasingly inflated. And letter inflation goes beyond the academy; friends who hire in business ...

The battle over faculty members’ letters of recommendation and students’ rights at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has attracted two heavyweights. On Monday the American Political Science ...

The nominators, with input from candidates, will submit to the administrative coordinator for the Robertson Award names of individuals whom they would like to write letters of recommendation on behalf ...

Does a professor have a right to refuse to write a recommendation for a student due to his own political convictions? A professor at the University of Michigan declined to write a recommendation for a ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Faculty recommendations for students must be based solely on educational and professional reasons, according to a statement of principle recommended by a University of Michigan panel.

Students applying to law school directly after graduation or within a few years of graduating should include at least two letters of recommendation from professors. Most schools allow you to submit ...

We require two (2) letters of recommendation, uploaded by your letter authors to PostBacCAS. Please provide your letter authors with our Guidelines for Writing Compelling Letters of Recommendation.

There are many ways to show personality in an application: your essay, an interview, your extracurricular activities and letters of recommendation. The only letter required for your application is ...