Contribution in edited book
Academic Profession
Publication Details
Authors: | Teichler, U. |
Editor: | Shin, Jung Cheol; Teixeira, Pedro |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Place: | Dordrecht |
Publication year: | 2017 |
Pages range : | TBD |
Book title: | Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions |
ISBN: | 978-94-017-9553-1 |
Abstract
Scholars are conceived to be persons characterized by a high intellectual caliber, being active in the generation, discussion, preservation, and dissemination of systematic knowledge. The somewhat narrower term ``academic profession'' suggests that these activities are undertaken for most of the period of the adult life-span, are distinct from those in the center of other occupations, and as a rule serve to secure livelihood. Finally, these activities are assumed to be undertaken as a rule in the framework of universities or -- more widely defined -- institutions of higher or tertiary education.
Scholars are conceived to be persons characterized by a high intellectual caliber, being active in the generation, discussion, preservation, and dissemination of systematic knowledge. The somewhat narrower term ``academic profession'' suggests that these activities are undertaken for most of the period of the adult life-span, are distinct from those in the center of other occupations, and as a rule serve to secure livelihood. Finally, these activities are assumed to be undertaken as a rule in the framework of universities or -- more widely defined -- institutions of higher or tertiary education.
