nonacademic
adjective
non·ac·a·dem·ic
ˌnän-ˌa-kə-ˈde-mik 
: not relating to a school or formal education : not academic
a nonacademic job
nonacademic achievements
enjoying some nonacademic summer reading
nonacademic
noun
In addition to journalists and photographers … many other nonacademics had flocked to this pair of lectures.
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Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi
Examples of nonacademic in a Sentence
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But there’s broad consensus among schools serving the youngest kids that nonacademic use of cell phones should be prohibited.
—USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
Funk, the search consultant, says that many schools have expressed a greater desire to hire leaders with nonacademic backgrounds.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
If successful, the union would be the country’s largest to represent nonacademic undergraduate student employees, according to the Cal State University Employees Union, which hopes to add the students to its membership rolls.
—Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Remote online learning also limited or curtailed student opportunities for socialization and nonacademic activities, the report said, causing many students to become disengaged or drop out of school.
—Natasha Singer, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
The nonacademic industries most likely to hire PhDs?
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
Students from private schools were given higher nonacademic ratings for factors like glowing recommendations, compelling essays and personal statements.
—Theara Coleman, The Week, 2 Aug. 2023
The colleges in the study generally give applicants numerical scores for academic achievement and for more subjective nonacademic virtues, like extracurricular activities, volunteering and personality traits.
—Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 24 July 2023
The study determined multiple factors drove the advantage: preference for legacy admissions, weight placed on nonacademic credentials, and athletic recruitment.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 24 July 2023
USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
Funk, the search consultant, says that many schools have expressed a greater desire to hire leaders with nonacademic backgrounds.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
If successful, the union would be the country’s largest to represent nonacademic undergraduate student employees, according to the Cal State University Employees Union, which hopes to add the students to its membership rolls.
—Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Remote online learning also limited or curtailed student opportunities for socialization and nonacademic activities, the report said, causing many students to become disengaged or drop out of school.
—Natasha Singer, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
The nonacademic industries most likely to hire PhDs?
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
Students from private schools were given higher nonacademic ratings for factors like glowing recommendations, compelling essays and personal statements.
—Theara Coleman, The Week, 2 Aug. 2023
The colleges in the study generally give applicants numerical scores for academic achievement and for more subjective nonacademic virtues, like extracurricular activities, volunteering and personality traits.
—Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 24 July 2023
The study determined multiple factors drove the advantage: preference for legacy admissions, weight placed on nonacademic credentials, and athletic recruitment.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 24 July 2023
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