学界

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Spelling: 学界. Reading: がっかい. Core meaning: academic community.
• Basic usage: Representative examples: その研究成果は学界で大きな議論を呼んだ / 彼女は長年、学界と教育現場の橋渡しに努めた.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The academic community
  • 学界 is the community formed by researchers and scholarly activity in a field. Distinguish it from 大学, the educational institution itself.