Meanings of return to academia in English

She arrived in Norman filled with optimism about her return to academia.

Heather Wilson: The U.S. Air Force secretary quit to return to academia.

Monti, who has headed a non-elected government of technocrats for the past year, has said he prefers to return to academia.

Heather Wilson: The U.S. Air Force secretary, once considered a top candidate to become defense secretary, decided to return to academia.

After former division director Henry Hu left to return to academia, the agency tapped Lewis to replace him and become chief economist.

The London School of Economics postgraduate had considered a return to academia before deciding to launch a second attempt at Taiwan's highest office.

Heather Wilson - The U.S. Air Force secretary, considered a top candidate to become the next defense secretary, decided to return to academia.

Heather Wilson resigned as Air Force Secretary in March to return to academia and become president of the University of Texas at El Paso.

Instead Conte, a law professor plucked from obscurity to lead the coalition government, showed he had no intention of returning to academia.

Although he could have continued for another eight years, he is returning to academia, as master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, in January 2013.