When she was a professor, she worked to solidify her scholarly background in the culture of Korean royal court cuisine.

Her scholarly background also includes extensive research in religious history, magical systems, and other esoteric subjects.

"We were looking for someone with a very strong scholarly background and with good leadership qualities," said Helen Clay Chace, president of the board.

All will insist that candidates have solid scholarly backgrounds, which gains faculty respect but, educators concede, does not always make for strong university leaders.

It's so rare to have someone with both a scholarly background and managerial skills.

As the mix of talents that are required to make a successful show have changed, curators are no longer judged solely by their scholarly background.

Despite this, he brought about a number of innovations, bringing in more writers with scholarly backgrounds to employ their respective expertise.

The popularity of high-end architecture and design has led to a boom in second-rate shows organized by curators with little scholarly background or critical detachment.

Due to his family's scholarly background, he was educated in the religious sciences at an early age.

The musical, theatrical and scholarly background of "The Lyre of Orpheus" enabled Mr. Davies to draw from his own experience.