The phrase "academic mandate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a formal requirement or directive related to academic policies or responsibilities.
Example: "The university's academic mandate requires all faculty members to engage in research activities alongside their teaching duties."
Alternatives: "educational directive" or "scholarly obligation".
Many academic institutions mandate that the attending radiologist flag all discrepancies on the Radiology Information System (RIS) to facilitate follow-up by the emergency physician.
Academic freedom mandates that institutions protect rather than inhibit the right and duty of faculty to report their scholarly work.
The bill would also prohibit for-profit corporations from opening new charter schools; require all charter schools to demonstrate that they accept and retain special education students and children at risk of academic failure; and mandate public hearings each time a charter is opened or moved.
Four potential organizational attributes were identified in the literature on patient satisfaction and quality of care as being more critical: specialization based on the hospital's mandate, academic affiliation, geographic location, and cancer interdisciplinary team size and diversity [ 14, 21– 26].
It is also part of a move by Albany to give districts more flexibility in following a policy that, since 1999, has mandated academic intervention for children who fail the standardized tests.
For those students not attaining proficiency, the state mandates "academic intervention services".
Also in recognition of the dangers of sport, California last week became the first state to require financial protections for students who suffer career-ending injuries in the state's top college sports programs -- mandating academic scholarships to students who lose athletic scholarships due to injury.
It is also the university's first purely academic hire with a mandate to circulate between its domestic and international programs, according to John Sexton, N.Y.U.'s president.
There has often been tension between the ideal of academic freedom and the mandate to uphold church teaching at Catholic colleges.
In the economic downturn, districts are struggling to balance this transportation mandate with academic expenses and want more help from the state.
