academies
Places of study
Academies is the plural of academy, an institution for specialized education or training: military academies, police academies, art academies.
The term also applies to learned societies that advance particular fields: the National Academy of Sciences, the French Academy.
In entertainment, the Academy usually means the organization that awards the Oscars.
Institutions granting advanced degrees
- collegesHigher learning institutions
- conservatoriesGlazed structures for cultivation
- seminariesInstitutions training clergy
- institutesEstablishes or organizations
polytechnics · charter · prep · boarding · vocational · technical · lyceums · guilds
Educational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
textbooks · exams · grades · diplomas · professors · students · classrooms · study
Glass-enclosed plant room
- performing artsLive creative presentation disciplines
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- musicOrganized auditory art
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
Juilliard · fine arts · ballet · theater · acting · studio · masterclass · audition
Having high standing
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- selectiveChoosing with care
- distinguishedNotable and respected
- preparatoryDone before something else
Ivy League · Oxbridge · admissions · legacy · feeder schools · private · independent · boarding
Hole-boring device
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- bootcampInitial military training program
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
athletics · performance · cadet · regiment · officer · military · naval · police
universities
Institutions granting advanced degrees
- collegesHigher learning institutions
- conservatoriesGlazed structures for cultivation
- seminariesInstitutions training clergy
institutes · polytechnics · charter · prep · boarding · vocational · technical · lyceums · guilds · campus
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
homework · textbooks · exams · grades · diplomas · professors · students · classrooms · study · knowledge
conservatory
Glass-enclosed plant room
- performing artsLive creative presentation disciplines
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- musicOrganized auditory art
drama · Juilliard · fine arts · ballet · theater · acting · studio · masterclass · audition · recital
prestigious
Having high standing
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- selectiveChoosing with care
- distinguishedNotable and respected
preparatory · Ivy League · Oxbridge · admissions · legacy · feeder schools · private · independent · boarding · endowed
drill
Hole-boring device
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- bootcampInitial military training program
discipline · athletics · performance · cadet · regiment · officer · military · naval · police · fire
- schoolsprimary school, school, college, high school, elementary school
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- institutionsgovernment, public hospitals, museum, public libraries, library
- Private Schoolsprep school, prep schools, boarding school, boarding schools, independent schools
- societiescivilization, secret societies, nation, literary societies, tribal society
- sports trainingdrills, conditioning, practice, warm-ups, fitness
academiesself-study
Learning independently, without guidance
autodidacticism · pickup games · hobby groups · drop-in sessions · open studios
academiesschool of hard knocks
Education through suffering
real-world experience · field work · on-the-job training · practical experience · street smarts
academiespublic schools
Government-funded educational institutions
community centers · trade schools · vocational schools · ignorance · illiteracy
- police academiesLaw enforcement training centers
- academic yearEducational institution's annual cycle
- academic debateFormal intellectual argument
- academic performanceStudent's measured educational success
- academic freedomsProtected scholarly inquiry rights
- academic questionsInquiries with no practical consequence