Cihai (1999 edition) defines it as "referring to more specialized and systematic knowledge", but this is only a general statement. The concept of "learning" that we are talking about today was actually introduced from the west. In English, the interpretation of "academic" has two main characteristics: "related to college" and "not practical".

Scholars refer to people who take research as their profession in universities or institutions of higher learning, often teachers. Scholars usually have advanced degrees. In America, scholars and professors are almost synonymous. In Britain, there are academicians, lecturers, senior lecturers or assistant professors and professors according to their academic level.

The word Scholar can correspond to Academic or scholar in English, which have slightly different meanings in English. The latter also refers to people who took research as their profession before a large number of universities appeared. Scholars generally do not include managers.

The academic circle was named "Academy" because it was a refuge outside the walls of ancient Athens. Named after the legendary hero Akkadmos, it has several olive groves, gyms and places suitable for intimate gatherings.

In these gardens, there are a lot of plants and statues of former gardeners, where Plato speaks loudly and inspires his followers. These informal gatherings are called colleges. Later, Plato developed his party into a philosophical educational method. In 387 BC, he established the "Old College".

Plato's colleagues and students established his deduction method.

Axilaus, a Greek student of Plato, founded the medieval college. Another student, Kanye Ades, established a "new college". In 335 BC, Aristotle improved the method and established academies in other gymnasiums with his own theory.