Meanings
plural academic institutions
- An educational institution, dedicated to teaching and/or research.
Outside the school system exists a dense network of academic institutions, consisting of home tutors, correspondence schools, juku, and exam prep schools.
2014, Pamela Fraser-Abder, Professional Development in Science Teacher Education, →ISBN, page 402 more examples
Hazardous waste disposal problems confronted by academic institutions have reached critical proportions today. Schools, colleges, and universities are faced with the harsh reality of compliance with regulations that ten years ago did not exist; in many cases, their administrators are not prepared to pay for this compliance.
1990, James A. Kaufman, Waste Disposal in Academic Institutions, →ISBNA century ago the high school was primarily an academic institution—in the sense that its curriculum was dominated by academic subjects, and in the more disparaging sense that formal schooling was distant from the political, community, and economic life outside its doors.
2009, W. Norton Grubb, Marvin Lazerson, The Education Gospel, →ISBN, page 29 - An educational institution, dedicated to higher education and research, that grants academic degrees.
It is critical for all academic institutions to embrace this change in the work culture to maintain the best faculty at our medical schools.
2011, William F. Rayburn, Jay Schulkin, Changing Landscape of Academic Women's Health Care in the United States, →ISBN4 more examples
The second question raised is what conditions influence the abilities of incoming freshmen, as reflected in their Scholastic Aptitude Tests, given by the College Entrance Examination Board and available for most though not all academic institutions.
1994, Peter Michael Blau, The Organization of Academic Work, →ISBN, page 131Of the teaching assistants, black female graduate students comprised 80 percent in 1995. It should be borne in mind, however, that these figures do not pertain to all academic institutions for the obvious reason that not all academic institutions have women's studies programs nor African American studies programs.
1997, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Renée T. White, Spoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions, →ISBN, page 22The primary burden of recruiting, hiring, evaluating, promoting, and terminating faculty rests with department heads in virtually all academic institutions, although their decisions are generally made in consultation with others ...
1997, Marianne A. Ferber, Jane W. Loeb, Academic Couples: Problems and Promises, →ISBN, page 248This guide is designed to assist academic institutions in developing, strengthening, and improving the search process for high-level appointments and key faculty positions - including but not limited to Presidents, Chancellors, CEOs, ...
2014, Steven A. Wartman, Searching for Leadership: Best Practices for Academic Institutions, →ISBN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 學術機構 /学术机构, 學府 /学府
- 學術機構 /学术机构 (xuéshù jīgòu)institution dedicated to higher education
- 學府 /学府 (xuéfǔ)institution dedicated to higher education
Dutch kennisinstelling
- kennisinstellinginstitution dedicated to higher education
Estonian akadeemiline asutus
- akadeemiline asutusinstitution dedicated to higher education
Finnish akateeminen instituutio
- akateeminen instituutioinstitution dedicated to higher education
French université, établissement d'enseignement supérieur
- universitéinstitution dedicated to higher education
- établissement d'enseignement supérieurinstitution dedicated to higher education
German Akademie, Hochschule
- Akademieinstitution dedicated to higher education
- Hochschuleinstitution dedicated to higher education
- Bildungseinrichtunginstitution dedicated to higher education
Polish szkoła wyższa
- szkoła wyższainstitution dedicated to higher education
Portuguese instituição de ensino superior
- instituição de ensino superiorinstitution dedicated to higher education
Russian уче́бное заведе́ние
- уче́бное заведе́ние (učébnoje zavedénije)institution dedicated to higher education
Spanish institución académica, institución de educación superior
- institución académicainstitution dedicated to higher education
- institución de educación superiorinstitution dedicated to higher education
Cite this entry
academic institution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academic%20institution
“academic institution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academic%20institution. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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