academic year
noun
: the annual period of sessions of an educational institution usually beginning in September and ending in June
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Tennessean Student of the Year super poll: Vote now from list of weekly 2024-25 winners
Reece, a rising senior who won the Business Leaders Student of the Week category during the academic year, had 8,443 votes for just over 42% of the vote in the Student of the Year poll.
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 23 July 2025
Advertisement Chinese students were the largest proportion of international students in the U.S. in the 2019-20 academic year, with more than 370,000 of them.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 July 2025
Kentucky launched its stunt program during the 2021–22 academic year, amid a Title IX lawsuit filed in 2019 by two former students who alleged that the university failed to offer proportional athletic opportunities for women.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
Association of International Educators estimated that international students contributed more than $33.8 billion to the U.S. economy in the 2021 to 2022 academic year and supported more than 335,000 jobs across sectors.
—Hanmei Wu, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 23 July 2025
Advertisement Chinese students were the largest proportion of international students in the U.S. in the 2019-20 academic year, with more than 370,000 of them.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 July 2025
Kentucky launched its stunt program during the 2021–22 academic year, amid a Title IX lawsuit filed in 2019 by two former students who alleged that the university failed to offer proportional athletic opportunities for women.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
Association of International Educators estimated that international students contributed more than $33.8 billion to the U.S. economy in the 2021 to 2022 academic year and supported more than 335,000 jobs across sectors.
—Hanmei Wu, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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“Academic year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic%20year. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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