academia
(noun)
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Examples of academia in the following topics:
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Academic Skills and Knowledge
- In academia, an individual's educational level and other academic experience can be used to gain a place in society.
- Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.
- Academia is usually conceived of as divided into disciplines or fields of study.
- Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research
- Examine the implications of academia in society, especially in terms of structure, qualifications and academic capital
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PhD Degree Occupations
- According to data compiled in ASA's 2007 "Beyond the Ivory Tower" report, one-fourth of PhD sociologists work outside academia.
- Of those in academia, as of April 2008, the average sociology faculty salary was $68,857, ranging from assistant professors making $53,844 to full professor earnings of $87,938.
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Bureaucracies and Formal Groups
- In the US, civil servants and academics such as Woodrow Wilson promoted American civil service reform in the 1880s, moving public administration into academia.
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Culture
- While the nature versus nurture debate is useful to understand what culture is, the debate in academia has been somewhat settled by the acknowledgement that nature and nurture influence each other.
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Bachelor's Degree Occupations
- While it may not seem like it when you are deep into studying race relations or gender stratification, the training you receive as a sociology major is actually quite applicable outside academia as well.