{{Short description|Practice in academia}} '''Intellectual inbreeding''' or '''academic inbreeding''' is the practice in academia of a university hiring its own graduates who have not had experience as professors at any other universities. It is generally viewed as insular and unhealthy for academia.<ref name="shih">{{cite web |url= http://www.nus.edu.sg/vco/speeches/2003/soua3.htm |title= State of the University Address |author= Shih Choon Fong |publisher=National University of Singapore |accessdate=25 December 2008 |date=27 October 2003 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20031227013918/http://www.nus.edu.sg/vco/speeches/2003/soua3.htm |archivedate= December 27, 2003 }}</ref> Intellectual inbreeding is thought to hinder the introduction of ideas from outside sources, just as genetic inbreeding hinders the introduction of new genes into a population.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Kornguth | first=ML |author2=Miller MH | title=Academic inbreeding in nursing: intentional or inevitable? | journal=Journal of Nursing Education | year=1985 | volume=24 | issue=1 | pages=21–24 | doi=10.3928/0148-4834-19850101-07 | pmid=2981989}}</ref>
The Commission on Graduate Education in Economics (COGEE) recognizes it as "a trend for emulation rather than diversification." Academic inbreeding has also been cited as a major problem in the major universities of the People's Republic of China—such as Peking University and Tsinghua University, which have adopted measures in recent years specifically to combat the practice<ref name="shih"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200307/11/eng20030711_120008.shtml |title=Beijing University: an Ivory Tower in Change |accessdate=25 December 2008 |date=11 July 2003 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920002337/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200307/11/eng20030711_120008.shtml |archivedate=20 September 2004 }} ()</ref>—and South Korea.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.282.5397.2165c | title=Academic Inbreeding Attacked | accessdate=25 December 2008 | journal=Science | date=18 December 1998 | volume=282 | issue=5397 |page=2165 | doi=10.1126/science.282.5397.2165c| s2cid=152739465 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> A relevant study<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Horta |first1=Hugo |last2= Yudkevich |first2=Maria |date= Dec 2016 |title=The role of academic inbreeding in developing higher education systems: Challenges and possible solutions |journal= Technological Forecasting and Social Change |volume=113 |pages= 363–372 |doi= 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.06.039 |issn= 0040-1625}}</ref> also exists that analyzes the issue by considering Russia and Portugal as examples.
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==External links== * [https://archive.today/20081204183836/http://members.shaw.ca/competitivenessofnations/Anno%20Parker.htm The Making of an Economist - Intellectual Inbreeding]
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