academic rank
noun
the rank of a faculty member in a college or university, as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor.
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Origin of academic rank
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby academic rank
academic freedom, academic gown, academician, academicism, academicize, academic rank, academic year, Académie Goncourt, academism, academize, Academus
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