"academic neglect" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone's lack of focus or attention to their academic studies, such as a student who fails to turn in their work on time. For example, "The professor was concerned about John's academic neglect when he handed in several assignments late."
He thinks that academics have neglected the soft stuff in their quest for hard data, and that by omitting the importance of character, they have missed something significant.
The overall aim of the review is to contribute to the public dialogue and academic understanding of neglect.
The aggressive nature of industry, driven by the obligation to return value to shareholders, is risky if academic medical centers neglect their responsibility for continuing education of medical practitioners.
In the wake of the scandal, editors of Totalitarianism and Democracy have apologised for "neglecting academic due diligence" by allowing the piece to be published.
It says next to nothing, for example, about sex and drinking among college students, which is a little like writing about the Tongan Islanders (Ms. Small's academic specialty) and neglecting to mention that they hunt and gather.
It would not be possible to grasp the health care system integrally by neglecting academic research in the life sciences.
If you neglect the academic aspect, people don't realise their full potential, and that's still our fundamental job.
He was one of those obstinately independent students whose commitment to the life of the mind led him to neglect standard academic study, and he left with a third-class degree in 1960.
Problematic Facebook use ("Facebook addiction") is characterised by a preoccupation with Facebook that leads to excessive use, feelings of withdrawal when away from it, and even some degree of vocational and/or social impairment such as neglect of academic studies or close relationships.
