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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 ...
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 particular campus, or (unusually) of a particular ...
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 little over a year after the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees directed university leaders to develop a School of Civic Life and Leadership, the new school now has its inaugural dean.. The ...
Academic rank (also scientific rank) is the rank of a scientist or teacher in a college, high school, university or research establishment.The academic ranks indicate relative importance and power of individuals in academia.
Welcome to Dean’s List, ... For instance, UNC-Chapel Hill closed the School of Medicine’s Office of Rural Initiatives and eliminated several positions in the department, including its director ...
Learn more in The N&O’s higher education news roundup about the changes UNC-Chapel Hill implemented after last year’s on-campus shooting.
The title used varies between colleges, including dean, master, president, principal, provost, rector and warden. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The role of the head of college varies significantly between colleges of the same university, and even more so between different universities.