Academe n. : An academy.

Example:
Can you give me the effects of mobile texting in the Academe?

Taxonomy
western Academia, gowns, universities, disciplines, hood, research, institution, the Academy, practitioners, education, Ph.D, academic societies, Europe, academic dress, Western Europe, Scholasticism, academic institutions, scholars.

Defination from the web:
Acadème, or the Academy are collective terms for the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research. ... The British adopted the form academy, while the French adopted the forms acadème and académie. ...