アカハラ

あかはら
noun
academic harassment
academiceducationwork
1. academic harassment; abuse of power in academic settings
Harassment or abuse of authority within academic institutions, typically by faculty, supervisors, or senior researchers against students, junior researchers, or staff. Abbreviated from アカデミックハラスメント. Includes unfair grading, withholding academic support as punishment, or demeaning treatment.
To suffer academic harassment.
Academic harassment tends to become a particular problem in graduate school environments.
Universities have recently been moving to set up academic harassment consultation desks.

Abbreviation of アカデミックハラスメント (academic harassment). Part of the broader Japanese ハラスメント vocabulary for specific types of harassment.

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Note: All these abbreviated forms follow the pattern of cutting down a long loanword and adding ハラ from ハラスメント.