Proposal: Undergraduate
The academia S.E. doesn't cater for undergraduates :(
by proposer.
I doubt that a new site is really needed for undergraduates, and this site appears to support a smaller audience than some sites. It seems that this is allowed, without turning into a list of undergrad admission questions. Am I incorrect that it is, and can this be proposed on their meta instead of creating a new proposal?
As a mod on the Academia site, I want to emphasize that we're not trying to be "mean" or "exclusive" or anything. The Academia site is geared towards researchers and those doing research. It just so happens that most academic research takes place in the same buildings where undergraduates go to college. However, these two "fields", as you were—undergraduate studies and academic research—are actually very distant. Academic research questions will likely focus on education- and career–related topics, such as:
Whereas questions on Academia are much more geared towards research, focusing on topic such as:
The only similarity between the two is the university setting, but that's really about it. The community has voted in the past against including undergraduate questions, and considering the above I tend to agree.
They closed my undergraduate questions on that site :( I put that question as an example
Please do not bring undergraduate questions to academia. The Academia FAQ makes it clear that such questions are off-topic. They will be closed, and then deleted. Repeated deletions will earn you the suspension of your question-asking rights.
A proposal for a new site is exactly the way to go.
