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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.
Most presidents of the United States received a college education, even most of the earliest.Of the first seven presidents, five were college graduates. College degrees have set the presidents apart from the general population, and presidents have held degrees even though it was quite rare and unnecessary for practicing most occupations, including law.
Alaska Pacific University – Bob Onders, President; Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – T. Gregory Dewey, President; Albion College – Wayne Webster, President; Albright College – Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, President; Alderson Broaddus University – Andrea J. Bucklew, President; Alfred University – Mark Zupan, President
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution , the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces . [ 3 ]
The program was established in 1964 by executive order of Lyndon B. Johnson, then the president of the United States to recognize the most distinguished graduating seniors for their academic achievements. [2] In 1979, it was expanded to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative, and performing arts.
The Siena College Research Institute has conducted surveys in 1982, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2010, 2018 and 2022 – during the second year of the first term of each president since Ronald Reagan. [8] These surveys collect presidential rankings from historians, political scientists, and presidential scholars in a range of attributes, abilities, and ...
[14] [19] Second, university presidents are increasingly vulnerable to occupational burnout and either return to the faculty or flee academia for nonprofits or consulting. [20] The average length of an American university president's term of office dropped from 8.5 years in 2006 to 5.9 years in 2023. [20]
The largest attraction of the AAU for many schools, especially nonmembers, is prestige. Since the AAU's founding, it has "been a grouping of the elite in the American university world", and "[n]ew presidents of nonmember universities often list gaining admission to the AAU as a goal of their administration."