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An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

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  1. Topher925

    Crippling Effects of Recession on US Academia: 15% Pay Cut for TAs

    This semester my university has a lot of PhD students that are to afraid to graduate or can't be supported by their professors due to a lack of funding. So because of this there are a lot of PhD students forced to teach this semester. Of course this means that there is a huge flood of TAs this...
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    PhD and Masters programs for someone who looks to work outside of academia

    I'm currently a third year physics undergraduate student at the University of Toronto --which is respectable as far as Canadian schools go. My marks are decent: 3.83 GPA of almost exclusively physics and math courses. I have recently been looking carefully at the realities of working towards a...
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    Navigating Life After Academia: Self-Education Paths and Resources

    An undergrad here, about to finish up within a couple of months. My grades aren't too good overall and I think I've learned that the academic life is not for me. Well, to be more precise, the stress and pressure associated with academic life is not for me. I am thinking about the possibility of...
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    Programs Making a Career in Physics Outside of Academia

    Hello, I come from Belgium where I did my Master in Physics. However, in this country, with this diploma you can only teach in schools (ages 15-18)... PhD positions are relativelly few and far between. As I did not wanted to teach young poeple, I searched for a PhD outside my country and I...
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    Programs PhD in Cosmology = life in academia?

    I find myself very interested in Cosmology and would consider doing a PhD in the field, however I am not sure if I would like to be an academic or not. Given the relatively few technical applications of Cosmology, would it be wiser for me to enter a field with greater possibilities for...
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    What is the divorce rate for academics in the US, Canada, and the Netherlands?

    Does anybody know of a study which looks at divorce rates for people with academic jobs? I looked around briefly and only found an old article in which the author notes that she couldn't find any statistics on the subject. http://www.salon.com/it/feature/1999/03/24feature.html I was...
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    Do Physicists Prefer Working in Academia or the Private Sector?

    Which environment do physicists preferred to work in the most? Some of my professors say even though the pay is great compared to having the alternative option of working in academia, many physicists , like my professor , still prefers to work in academia, even though she is making 6x less...
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    Getting a career in academia when you didn't graduate from a Top 20 school

    Hey everyone, I've been wondering about where Physics Ph.D. graduates work a few years after they've graduated and are looking for permanent positions. I looked at most universities' faculty lists and it seems like they all went to top 20 (actually mostly top 10) schools! This includes...
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    Career in Academia: Pros, Cons & Considerations

    Recently, I've constantly been debating going into Academia, versus industry. First off, I absolutely love conducting research, and can't see myself not doing research. I know you can do research in industry...but it doesn't seem like it's the same. I want to have the freedom to spontaneously...
  10. T

    Job market there is for econophysicists in academia

    Hi all, I am just wondering how much of a job market there is for econophysicists in academia, as compared to say theoretical condensed matter physicists. Is it easier to get a job? How much so? Also, what are some good schools for econophysics research?
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    Navigating the Politics of Academia: My Decision on Pursuing a PHD in EE

    Ah, I'm considering getting a PHD in EE, probably in control systems. A tough decision to make; I have the next 4 months to decide. :) Now that I'm in my final stages of my master's , it's not so bad: I'm finishing implementing an idea. Although I'm still reading a few papers, it's mostly...
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    Industry, Academia, or National Lab Post-Doc

    Hello, I am wondering if anybody has any advice on which direction is better for somebody who hopes to work as a tenured university professor. I am a PhD candidate in Material Science. My work is 70% experimental (ion implantation, SEM,Auger, and XPS) and 30% computational (ab-initio, and MD...
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    Physics professor salary in academia and industry

    So I was looking through salary.com statistics and various news articles such as this one http://content.salary.monster.com/articles/salary/highestpay/ and found that physicist salaries far surpass my expectations, since many people claim that physicists, and scientist in general, do not make...
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