academic institutions

Places of learning

Academic institutions are organizations devoted to formal education and scholarship—schools, colleges, universities, and research institutes.

The phrase emphasizes their official, established character: She spent her career at various academic institutions.

It often appears in contexts distinguishing formal educational settings from industry, government, or independent research.

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library · education · tuition · student loans · community colleges · institute · tenure track · degrees · learning · study abroad · majors · campus · students · faculty · international students · quadrangle · lectures · diploma

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Opposites
educational approach

academic institutionstrade schools

Job-focused training institutions

vocational schools · apprenticeship programs · technical colleges · on-the-job training · vocational training

formality of learning

academic institutionsself-education

Independent pursuit of knowledge

autodidacticism · school of hard knocks · street smarts · life experience · unschooling

sector/purpose

academic institutionscommercial enterprises

For-profit organizations

industry · private enterprise · factories · manual labor · blue-collar work

Family

academic, institution, academy, academics, academia, institutional, nonacademic, academician, academically

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G