collegium
- noun
- /kəˈliːdʒiəm/
- Formal
- The collegium of professors met to discuss changes to the curriculum.
Examples
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However, there is no requirement that the collegium defined in this way be coincident with the academic department.
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The Ukrainian Popular Movement Collegium on Military Affairs proposed an alternative to the Soviet military.
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And members of the collegium must have an eye not only to the past but also toward the present and the future as well.
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Within the academy, this essential context has traditionally been called the collegium.
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Boniface's collegium is representative in every way that matters to him.
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The magister was to make all major decisions affecting the institution with the advice and consent of the collegium.
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Members of this collegium are united by shared commitments to research methodologies, pedagogical values, or service activities.
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Open and honest conflict that marks sincere and searching disagreement advances the collegium.
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As a covenantal community, the collegium forms and informs members in the qualities of hospitality.
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Each member at least tacitly covenants with others to effect the common good of the collegium and the wider institutional environment in which it is located.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about something
A group of people who meet to make official decisions
All the teachers who work at a college or university
A group of university teachers or the job of being a university teacher
The group of senior teachers and researchers who work at a university
How Authoritative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Collegium comes from the old idea of people being 'together' and is the root of colleague, which means a person you work with. That's why a collegium can mean a group that shares authority or duties and makes decisions together.