academic institution
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Noun[edit]
academic institution (plural academic institutions)
- An educational institution, dedicated to teaching and/or research.
- 1990, James A. Kaufman, Waste Disposal in Academic Institutions, →ISBN:
- Hazardous waste disposal problems confronted by academic institutions have reached critical proportions today. Schools, colleges, and universities are faced with the harsh reality of compliance with regulations that ten years ago did not exist; in many cases, their administrators are not prepared to pay for this compliance.
- 2009, W. Norton Grubb, Marvin Lazerson, The Education Gospel, →ISBN, page 29:
- A century ago the high school was primarily an academic institution—in the sense that its curriculum was dominated by academic subjects, and in the more disparaging sense that formal schooling was distant from the political, community, and economic life outside its doors.
- 2014, Pamela Fraser-Abder, Professional Development in Science Teacher Education, →ISBN, page 40:
- Outside the school system exists a dense network of academic institutions, consisting of home tutors, correspondence schools, juku, and exam prep schools.
- An educational institution, dedicated to higher education and research, that grants academic degrees.
- 1994, Peter Michael Blau, The Organization of Academic Work, →ISBN, page 131:
- The second question raised is what conditions influence the abilities of incoming freshmen, as reflected in their Scholastic Aptitude Tests, given by the College Entrance Examination Board and available for most though not all academic institutions.
- 1997, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Renée T. White, Spoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions, →ISBN, page 22:
- Of the teaching assistants, black female graduate students comprised 80 percent in 1995. It should be borne in mind, however, that these figures do not pertain to all academic institutions for the obvious reason that not all academic institutions have women's studies programs nor African American studies programs.
- 1997, Marianne A. Ferber, Jane W. Loeb, Academic Couples: Problems and Promises, →ISBN, page 248:
- The primary burden of recruiting, hiring, evaluating, promoting, and terminating faculty rests with department heads in virtually all academic institutions, although their decisions are generally made in consultation with others ...
- 2011, William F. Rayburn, Jay Schulkin, Changing Landscape of Academic Women's Health Care in the United States, →ISBN:
- It is critical for all academic institutions to embrace this change in the work culture to maintain the best faculty at our medical schools.
- 2014, Steven A. Wartman, Searching for Leadership: Best Practices for Academic Institutions, →ISBN:
- This guide is designed to assist academic institutions in developing, strengthening, and improving the search process for high-level appointments and key faculty positions - including but not limited to Presidents, Chancellors, CEOs, ...
Translations[edit]
institution dedicated to higher education
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References[edit]
- “academic institution”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.