The phrase "academic divide" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the gap or disparity in educational opportunities, resources, or achievements between different groups or institutions.
Example: "The academic divide between urban and rural schools has become a pressing issue that needs to be addressed."
Alternatives: "educational gap" or "scholarly divide".
In "The Human Side of Enterprise", originally published in 1960, Douglas McGregor, a Harvard academic, divided management styles into Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X was the classic command-and-control type of management, the authoritarian style which (McGregor wrote) "reflects an underlying belief that management must counteract an inherent human tendency to avoid work".
That's hardly surprising: blame it on the civilian-academic divide.
Asked the meaning of two new polls showing a modest improvement in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's approval ratings, politicians and academics divided into two camps: those who dwell on the silver lining, and those who dwell on the clouds.
If elected, he will campaign for the creation of an education system that "no longer has an academic, vocational divide".
His other innovations included a yearlong academic calendar divided into quarters.
Before college, I lived in Berkeley and attended the College Foundations Program CFPP) for a full academic year, divided into two semesters.
The last Labour government created a new diploma in 2008 to bridge the academic-vocational divide, with the aim of it eventually replacing GCSEs and A-levels.
An informal sounding of scholarly opinion yesterday revealed an academic community divided over whether the mayor's proposal, which was approved by two of the three mayoral candidates, amounted to an unacceptable breach of democratic tradition or a welcome, even necessary, response to a difficult time for the city.
Intended to end the academic-vocational divide, it has produced a two-tier system in which some subjects are regarded by universities and employers as markedly inferior to others.The plans are likely to irk the Conservatives' Liberal Democrat coalition partners and the teachers' unions.
Series 3, Academic, is divided into three subseries.
