academia

noun

ac·a·de·mia ˌa-kə-ˈdē-mē-ə

: the life, community, or world of teachers, schools, and education : academe

scientists in industry and academia

a career in academia

Examples of academia in a Sentence

She found the business world very different from academia.

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Evan Feigenbaum is a leading Asia expert, experienced across government, markets, business, think tanks, and academia. —

Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025 Nationally, less than half of college and university presidents come from outside academia, according to a recent study from the American Council on Education. —

Ian Hodgson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025 Industries such as technology, finance, and academia are some of the top participants in the H-1B visa program. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 Some see all Russians and their cultural heritage as irredeemably tainted by imperial thinking, a view heavily influenced by post-colonial studies in American academia. —

Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for academia