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'''Academia''' is a collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in [[higher education]] and [[research]], taken as a whole.
'''Academia''' is a collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in [[higher education]] and [[research]], taken as a whole.
====Town and gown====
====Town and gown====
Universities are often culturally distinct from the towns or cities where they reside. In some cases this leads to discomfort or outright conflict between local residents and members of the university over political, economic, or other [[town and gown]] issues. Some localities in the Northeastern United States, for instance, have tried to block students from registering to vote as local residents — instead encouraging them to vote by absentee ballot at their parents' residence — in order to retain control of local politics.{{Fact|date=July 2007}} Other issues can include deep cultural and class divisions between local residents and university students. The film ''[[Breaking Away]]'' dramatizes such a conflict.
Universities are often culturally distinct from the towns or cities where they reside. In some cases this leads to discomfort or outright conflict between local residents and members of the university over political, economic, or other [[town and gown]] issues. Some localities in the Northeastern United States, for instance, have tried to block students from registering to vote as local residents — instead encouraging them to vote by absentee ballot at their parents' residence — in order to retain control of local politics. Other issues can include deep cultural and class divisions between local residents and university students. The film ''[[Breaking Away]]'' dramatizes such a conflict.
====Commerce and scholarship====
====Commerce and scholarship====