An academic is a person who works as a teacher or researcher at a university or other higher education institution. An academic usually holds an advanced degree. The term scholar is sometimes used with equivalent meaning to that of academic and describes in general those who attain mastery in a research discipline. It has wider application, with it also being used to describe those whose occupation was research prior to organized higher education.
an academic is a person who works as a teacher or researcher at a university or other higher education institution an academic usually holds an advanced degree the term scholar is sometimes used with equivalent meaning to that of academic and describes in general those who attain mastery in a research discipline it has wider application with it also being used to describe those whose occupation was research prior to organized higher education