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A dean is usually the head of a significant collection of departments within a university (e.g., "dean of the downtown campus", "dean of the college of arts and sciences", "dean of the school of medicine"), with responsibilities for approving faculty hiring, setting academic policies, overseeing the budget, fundraising, and other administrative ...
Where it is used, it typically means "provost" or "dean". Deans may head an individual college, school or faculty; or they may be deans of the student body, or a section of it (e.g., the dean of students in a law school); or they may be deans of a particular functional unit (e.g., Dean of Admissions, or Dean of Records); or they may be deans of ...
A dean's list is an academic award, or distinction, used to recognize the highest level scholarship demonstrated by students in a college or university. This system is most often used in North America, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] though institutions in Europe, [ 3 ] Asia, [ 4 ] and Australia [ 5 ] may also employ similar measures.
A head of college or head of house is the head or senior member of a college within a collegiate university. The title used varies between colleges, including dean, master, president, principal, provost, rector and warden. [1] [2]
Learn more in Dean’s List, The N&O’s higher education news roundup, about the UNC System’s budget priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.
About four months after the UNC System Board of Governors repealed the public university system’s diversity, equity and inclusion policy, we got our first look last week at the changes colleges ...
Decan (Dean): one per college; Prodecan (Vice-dean): one or more per college; Director de departament (Head of department): one per department; Șef de disciplină (Head of a subject): one for each subject; Research-and-teaching staff (higher rank) Profesor universitar (Professor): holding a doctorate degree international-impact research activity
An administrative executive in charge of a university department or of some schools, may be termed a dean or some variation. The chief executive of academic establishments other than universities, may be termed headmaster or head teacher (schools), director (used to reflect various positions ranging from the head of an institution to the head ...