She said there might have been some expectation that it would be the academic equivalent of Buffycon, solely a fan event.

This second paper was the academic equivalent of setting a hornet's nest on fire.

According to the New York Times, it "became the academic equivalent of a best seller, with more than 100,000 copies sold in English alone."

It is the academic equivalent of the more vocational Higher National Diploma, awarded following further education and training courses.

It became the academic equivalent of a best seller.

And the university is divided into the academic equivalent of armed camps, with the humanities cluster the most militant.

Syracuse seemed to be the academic equivalent of a bull market that had driven the bears into hibernation.

"It's the academic equivalent of a girl who dumbs herself down on a date - to pass by appearing to be less curious than you are."

The academic equivalent of kissing babies, I suppose.

Interesting Proposition Proposition 48 is the academic equivalent of injured reserve.