[Freebase-discuss] /education/academic

[Angela Earlye]

We'll update this definition in a couple days if no other comments.
http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Commons/education/academic

Current definition: An academic is someone whose career is in academia,
which Wikipedia describes as "a collective term for the scientific and
cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a
whole". This type is used to show information about such people that does
not typically apply to everyone who has received a college education.

Proposed definition: An academic is a person who is engaged in higher
education and research. This type typically includes those whose career is
in academia and who work as professors and/or researchers in universities
and research institutes. It can also include those that have held academic
posts such as visiting professorships and research fellowships.


On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Angela Earlye <aearlye at gmail.com> wrote:

> Made that change Thad.  Thanks
> Angela
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Should we ideally change "An academic is someone..." to "An academic is a
>> person..." ?
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Angela Earlye <aearlye at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> This definition has been tweaked so that visiting professors etc can be
>>> included.  That was the intent of the type.
>>>
>>> Current definition: An academic is someone whose career is in academia,
>>> which Wikipedia describes as "a collective term for the scientific and
>>> cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a
>>> whole". This type is used to show information about such people that does
>>> not typically apply to everyone who has received a college education.
>>>
>>> Proposed definition: An academic is someone who is engaged in higher
>>> education and research. This type typically includes those whose career is
>>> in academia and who work as professors and/or researchers in universities
>>> and research institutes. It can also include those that have held academic
>>> posts such as visiting professorships and research fellowships.
>>>
>>> http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Commons/education/academic
>>>
>>> Comments welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> Angela
>>>
>>>
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>> --
>> -Thad
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