Too often, appointments are based on ethnicity, not academic or administrative distinction.
Throughout his career, he received academic and church distinctions, including more than 25 honorary doctorates.
I feel my presence would add a touch of academic distinction to the whole thing.
The list of academic distinctions and honours he has received till now is long.
It is a public university with academic distinction in teaching, research and community service.
This is largely an academic distinction but correlates with a slight difference in sound.
Formally, official academic distinctions were made in the 1910s and 1890s, respectively.
But despite his academic distinction, he didn't secure promotion in Britain.
In modern times the Master has customarily been of the highest academic distinction.
He was a child prodigy, and achieved several academic distinctions.