academic institution
Place of study
An academic institution is a formal organization dedicated to education and learning—schools, colleges, universities, and research institutes.
The term encompasses everything from elementary schools to graduate programs, though it most often refers to higher education: She spent her career at various academic institutions.
The phrase emphasizes the organizational structure rather than the educational process itself.
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- schoolPlace of instruction
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- studentsThose receiving instruction
professors · curriculum · lectures · seminars · classroom · diploma · degree · undergraduate
Facility for scientific investigation
- publicationIssued written material
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- journalRecord of daily events
methodology · citations · fieldwork · experimentation · collaboration · discovery · postdoc · faculty
Educational funding or erudition
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
- bursaryEducational financial award
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
stipend · merit-based · need-based · donor · philanthropy · benefactor · subsidy · award
university
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- schoolPlace of instruction
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
students · professors · curriculum · lectures · seminars · classroom · diploma · degree · undergraduate · graduate
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- publicationIssued written material
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
journal · methodology · citations · fieldwork · experimentation · collaboration · discovery · postdoc · faculty · conference
scholarship
Educational funding or erudition
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
- bursaryEducational financial award
endowment · stipend · merit-based · need-based · donor · philanthropy · benefactor · subsidy · award · foundation
academic institutionself-education
Independent pursuit of knowledge
autodidacticism · street smarts · unschooling · school of hard knocks · independent study
academic institutioncommercial enterprise
Profit-seeking organization
business · factory · corporation · workplace · prison
academic institutionapprenticeship
Learning trade through employment
on-the-job training · vocational training · trade school · practical training · internship
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