The phrase "academic became" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a transformation or change related to academia, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "Over the years, he realized that his interests academic became more focused on research."
Alternatives: "academic shifted" or "academic evolved".
Stéphane Dion, a Quebec academic, became the compromise candidate.
In 1978, Edith Kurzweil, an academic, became joint editor of the Review.
OTTAWA — Michael Ignatieff, a former journalist, documentary producer and academic, became the effective leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on Tuesday.
Sophie B. Altman, who in 1961 started a television quiz show for precocious high school students, later added pep bands and cheerleaders and was as surprised as anybody when "It's Academic" became the world's longest-running quiz show, died on Saturday in Washington.
PAGE C11 SOPHIE B. ALTMAN, 95 In 1961 she started a television quiz show for precocious high school students, later added pep bands and cheerleaders and was as surprised as anybody when the show, "It's Academic," became the world's longest-running quiz show.
Argentinean-born son of Cuban parents wanted to be an academic; became urban planner instead.
By James Wood In "Go, Went, Gone," a retired German academic becomes involved in the precarious lives of African asylum-seekers.
The job of an academic becomes highly privileged as those tasks that fall outside the realms of the individual immediate expertise are picked up by others.
By 2002, the construction of a "creative economy" had become an avowed policy goal of governments across the globe, and one particular book by Richard Florida – a vaguely new-age pseudo-academic – became required reading for city planners everywhere.
At Harvard, for the first time in my life, academics became a struggle.
"As more academics become comfortable with this technology, I expect we'll see lots of confrontations between academics who want to use blogs and adminstrators who want to exercise more control," Bertram says.
