dean
Sign in to savein academics, a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit
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- female form of label
- decana
- different from
- rector
- topic's main category
- Category:Deans (academic)
- male form of label
- decanu
- inception
- 0907-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Dean is a title employed in academic administrations such as colleges or universities for a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, over a specific area of concern, or both. In the United States and Canada, deans are usually university professors who serve as the heads of a university's academic divisions or constituent colleges. In the United States, the title of dean is sometimes used in private schools.
Origin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dean” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.