The phrase "academic tier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to different levels or classifications within an academic system, such as institutions, programs, or qualifications.
Example: "The university is known for its high academic tier, attracting students from around the world."
Alternatives: "academic level" or "educational tier".
So any increase at the top academic tier will be Google et al's gain, first and foremost — more so if the public sector also paid to fund these extra PhD places.
There were 179 direct grant grammar schools, which, together with over 1,200 grammar schools maintained by local authorities, formed the most academic tier of the Tripartite System.
The most academic tier would be the grammar school, and the Act revised the terms of the direct grant to operate alongside LEA-maintained grammar schools, many of which were former LEA-aided schools.
Hosford said codeSpark will use its seed funding to develop new curriculum, keep building its user base internationally, and test the efficacy of its games by engaging in third party studies with top tier academic researchers.
Cambridge University, one of the UK's top tier academic institutions, has a strong focus on science — explaining why a raft of tech firms (not just Amazon) have chosen to site R&D efforts there.
The measures need to ensure high internal validity and describe a scientifically rigorous outcome evaluation design using the experimental design or matched pair research design both of which shall be measured in a way worthy of peer review in a top tier academic research journal.
Guriev is a top-tier academic, an indefatigable popularizer of contemporary economic scholarship.
It also raises the prospect of a two-tier academic workforce, with those at the bottom living hand to mouth and unable to pursue research, while those at the top are very well paid.
It's also close enough to Boston's startup ecosystem and top-tier academic institutions.
New patent applications in nanotechnology have been increasing at a furious pace, emerging from top-tier academic laboratories, Fortune 500 corporations and cutting-edge startups.
In my role as a chief analytics officer, I often play internal referee – I refuse to release any research from our big dataset that wouldn't be submitted to a top-tier academic journal.
