I already know it, thanks Teribus, and believe I have used the term in the way I intended. Not sure what your point is. Sorry.

academic
adjective

1. relating to education and scholarship.
    synonyms:        educational, scholastic, instructional, pedagogical;   2. not of practical relevance; of only theoretical interest.
    "the debate has been largely academic"
    synonyms:        theoretical, conceptual, notional, philosophical, unpragmatic, hypothetical, speculative, conjectural, conjectured, suppositional, putative;