The academia tag is for posts relevant to topics such as how (in)efficient academia is, what influence academia has had and could have, the best ways to leverage or direct academia, and whether people should go into academic or academia-related careers.
Further reading
Whittlestone, Jess (2018) Academic research, 80,000 Hours
Related entries
field-building | metascience | research methods | research training programs | scientific progress
I’m confident there are at least 5 relevant posts, and probably >20, but I haven’t made an effort to look yet.
I think Open Phil’s post(s) on field-building are relevant, so they should probably be tagged (if linkposts on the Forum exist) or added to Further reading.
I’m more unsure than average about what the name and scope of this tag/entry should be. I’d welcome suggestions (or just edits). What I’ve put is a first pass.
One thing to consider is the question of how—if at all—this tag can add value given the other tags we already have (see the Related entries), rather than being redundant.