Multiple choice

Which of the following refers to the practice in academia of a university's hiring its own graduates to be professors?

  1. Academic inflation

  2. Academic acceleration

  3. Academic dishonesty

  4. Intellectual inbreeding

  5. Academic mobility
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Explanation

Intellectual inbreeding or academic inbreeding refers to the practice in academia of a university's hiring its own graduates to be professors. It is generally viewed as insular and unhealthy for academia.

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