Milieu with tenure tracks (8)

I believe the answer is:

academia

(Other definitions for academia that I've seen before include "university types" , "scholastic life" , "The world of teaching" , "scholastic world" , "scholarly life" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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