ETYM Latin academicus: cf. French académigue. Related to Academy.
1. Associated with academia or an academy.
2. Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result.
3. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects; SYN. donnish, pedantic.

Institution of higher learning for those who have completed primary and secondary education.
In the us there are both state universities (funded by the individual states) and private universities. The oldest universities in the us are all private: Harvard 1636, William and Mary 1693, Yale 1701, Pennsylvania 1741, and Princeton 1746. Typically, a university offers advanced degrees in addition to the four-year bachelor's degree; is made up of colleges, such as liberal arts, sciences, law, medicine; and offers special degrees such as divinity, technical, and vocational as well. + prikaži više