Meaning of academia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
   collective, uncountable
2. Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.”

“Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.”

“Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.”

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