Harvard professor

Cambridge faculty member

A Harvard professor is a faculty member at Harvard University, one of America's oldest and most prestigious academic institutions.

The phrase often carries connotations of elite credentials and intellectual authority, sometimes invoked to lend weight to an argument: Even Harvard professors disagree on this.

It can also suggest ivory-tower detachment from ordinary concerns.

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Philosophy · tenure · tenure track · endowed chair · publish · publish or perish · peer review · Nobel laureate · academic · sabbatical · office hours · faculty meeting · research · dissertation · grad students · mentor · mentor

Opposites
institutional prestige

Harvard professorhigh school teacher

Instructs grades nine through twelve

intellectual elitism vs. accessibility

Harvard professorautodidact

One who teaches themselves

community organizer · tradesperson · blue-collar worker

academic vs. practical/vocational

Harvard professordriving instructor

Teaches new motorists

Family

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Top 20,000
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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G