the rank held by members of academic staff having titles such as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor etc
academic rank in American English
noun
the rank of a faculty member in a college or university, as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor
Word origin
[1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, massage, musical chairs, overdraft, slime mold
Examples of 'academic rank' in a sentence
academic rank
Additional demographic and post-hoc analysis suggests that format preference has a small relationship with academic rank.
Diane Mizrachi, Alicia M Salaz, Serap Kurbanoglu, Joumana Boustany 2018, 'Academic reading format preferences and behaviors among university students worldwide:A comparative survey analysis.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5976176?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)