academic tradition
University cultural practice
Academic tradition encompasses the customs, practices, and values passed down through educational institutions—from graduation regalia and doctoral defenses to peer review and tenure systems.
It includes both ceremonial elements the academic tradition of wearing robes at commencement and intellectual conventions the academic tradition of citing sources.
The phrase often carries weight in arguments about preserving or reforming university practices.
- medieval universitiesEuropean higher learning, 1100s-1500s
- graduation ceremoniesFormal diploma-awarding events
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- classical educationGreco-Roman intellectual training
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
scholasticism · viva voce · peer review · publish or perish · Socratic dialogue · Renaissance humanism · collegium · rectorate · lecture · magister · mentorship · office hours · reading list · robe · student societies · oral traditions · footnotes · dissertation
academic traditioncorporate culture
Shared workplace values, norms
business culture · commercial enterprise · startup culture · military tradition · trade and commerce
academic traditionfolk wisdom
Traditional communal knowledge
oral tradition · apprenticeship · vocational training · trade skills · autodidacticism
academic traditionstartup culture
Entrepreneurial workplace norms
disruptive innovation · iconoclasm · avant-garde · counterculture · garage tinkering