Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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China Daily 31 May 2023
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Chengdu hosts 23rd China Cultural Tourism Global Forum

China.dot.org 30 May 2023
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Foundation Programme in Food Preparation and Culinary Arts |30 May 2023

Nation 30 May 2023
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‘Outright remarkable’: The rising wave of combat sports in Nigeria

The Daily Dot 30 May 2023
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China Daily 27 May 2023
Zhang is researching the Zibo barbecue craze to identify sustainable strategies that promote youth tourism and support the recovery of the tourism industry ... Wu Liyun, an associate professor at the China Academy of Culture and Tourism of Beijing International Studies University, illustrated this point by reflecting on her own experiences....
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Railway crucial in revitalizing Laos' economy

China Daily 27 May 2023
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Inside Birmingham City Schools nationally-recognized career academies

The Philadelphia Tribune 27 May 2023
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Khaleejtimes 27 May 2023
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Bollywood Life 27 May 2023
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Urdu Point 27 May 2023
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Airbnb to spend R2m sponsoring UJ tourism and hospitality students

Independent online (SA) 26 May 2023
It also said the sponsorship builds on Airbnb’s partnership with UJ to bring the Airbnb Entrepreneurship Academy to at least 1 000 students over three years, and forms part of Airbnb’s 2021 three-year commitment to South Africa to address barriers to becoming a tourism entrepreneur and to help rebuild a more inclusive tourism economy....
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Calling emerging tourism entrepreneurs: Airbnb opportunity

Independent online (SA) 26 May 2023
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China-Laos railway creates opportunities for economic development

People Daily 26 May 2023
The economic growth will be driven by the services sector in association with the growth of tourism and processing industries and agricultural production for export, according to a recent report from the Lao Academy of Social and Economic Science (LASES)....

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