The phrase "academic race" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing competition or comparison among students or institutions in an academic setting.
Example: "In today's educational landscape, the academic race has intensified, with students striving for higher grades and better opportunities."
Alternatives: "scholarly competition" or "educational contest".
But just as money and power grease business deals and civil servant promotions, the academic race here is increasingly rigged in favor of the wealthy and well connected, who pay large sums and use connections to give their children an edge at government-run schools.
You can't possibly win every academic race, but you can at least be primed and finely tuned, ready to give your colleagues a run for their (grant) money!
Sipping coffee from a mug emblazoned with the Confederate flag, Matthew told me his involvement with a movement of academic "race realists" who have recently traded burning crosses for PhDs and tweed jackets.
Sipping coffee from a mug emblazoned with the Confederate flag, Matthew explained that he's part of a movement of academic "race realists" who have traded burning crosses for PhDs and tweed jackets.
Thirty years ago I was an oppressed assistant professor, caught up in the academic rat race.
This urgency, I believe, is better for science than that provoked by the academic rat race.
In 2012, three friends were laughing about the academic rat race as they toiled away in a computational biology lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
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The HPM purports that personal factors and various prior behaviors are associated with MVPA, but personal factors (e.g., age, academic grade, race or ethnicity, SES, and developmental stage), with the exception of CV fitness, are not amenable to intervention.
It's been called an academic arms race, the race to nowhere, the rush to rankings, and more.
The tale of a ragtag band of art historians, museum curators and academics racing to rescue paintings and sculptures looted by the Nazis — slated to open Dec. 18 — now will be released by Sony Pictures early next year.
