The phrase "academic watchdogs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to individuals or organizations that monitor and ensure the integrity and quality of academic practices and standards.
Example: "The role of academic watchdogs is crucial in maintaining the credibility of research institutions and preventing misconduct."
Alternatives: "academic overseers" or "scholarly monitors".
"At the highest level, this is a story about science working the way it should over time," Ivan Oransky, co-founder of academic watchdog Retraction Watch, said over the phone.
Mr. Spitzer also plays a pivotal role in "Inside Job," which is narrated by Matt Damon and includes interviews with a string of political figures, academics, watchdogs and Wall Street operators, some of whom get deeply unflattering treatment while being grilled about their contributions to the crisis.
Leading academics and watchdog groups allege that the UN's main offset fund is being routinely abused by chemical, wind, gas and hydro companies who are claiming emission reduction credits for projects that should not qualify.
Sitting in, and sometimes pacing, his minuscule office, Roginsky told me that the past few years have seen a proliferation of independent human-rights groups, media outlets, think tanks, academic departments, election watchdogs, and N.G.O.s not only in Moscow and St .Petersburg but all over the country.
The vagueness of what might be considered "damaging" is what is worrying some journalists and has spurred debate among law makers, journalists, academics and foreign watchdogs, including the campaign group Reporters Without Borders.
For decades, elected officials, academics and government watchdogs have blamed New Jersey's labyrinth of local governments for the state's onerous property taxes and high cost of living, saying that the inefficient bureaucracy acted as a kind of welfare system for the politically connected.
In what has become a corporate-governed society of the banks, by the banks, and for the banks, Warren -- a legal academic turned consumer watchdog turned United States Senator -- has become emblematic of a turning point in American life; one that will soon prove undeniable for the economic, political and social direction of this country.
We also hope to be a watchdog for academic freedom throughout the region".
The investigation team studied tens of thousands of bank transactions, interviewed dozens of sources, and examined scores of government, watchdog and academic reports showing how the 82-year-old bank has undercut the president's environmental legacy.
Fang Shimin, the self-styled watchdog of academic corruption in China said Li is a small fry among those alleged to have committed research fraud: "It's much harder to punish those with higher ranks," Fang told Southern Daily newspaper.
