Campus nickname (4)

I believe the answer is:

prof

(Other definitions for prof that I've seen before include "Top academic (informal)" , "head of dept at uni" , "Academic briefly" , "teacher" , "One holding chair" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday and the Newsday.com.

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