Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office, dignity, or title of a dean.
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- noun The office of a dean.
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- noun The position or role of a
dean .
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- noun the position or office of a dean
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of Bartlett's most important goals for the remainder of her deanship is the completion of the school's building initiatives, which include renovation of the law library and a new atrium that will provide much needed space for students and public functions.
April 2006 2006
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She had planned unheard-of achievements, while I saw nothing else than the deanship of the College of Agriculture.
CHAPTER II 2010
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Besides, Guido Calabresi at Yale hired a remarkable number of conservative and libertarian scholars during his deanship, and no one thinks that Guido is anything but a dyed-in-the-wool liberal.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Let’s Not Get Too Excited About Kagan 2010
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The deanship of Soia Mentschikoff, one of the nation's leading legal scholars, marked an important turning point for the School.
Discourse.net: Admit It, After Reading This You Want to be Our Dean 2009
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An austerity deanship poses uncommon and especially high challenges.
Discourse.net: Disequilibrium in the Market for Law Deans 2009
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Only the most Ivy-towered academic monk could think that deanship of a law school prepares one for the substantial legal, political, economic, social, and cultural issues facing the nation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Preliminary Reflections on the Kagan Nomination 2010
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She comes to us from a successful deanship at ASU.
Discourse.net: Ten Reasons Why You Should Teach Here -- And Three Why You Shouldn't (v. 3.0) 2009
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CYNTHIA: Yet questions have been raised about Kagan's record on diversity during her deanship at Harvard Law School, with just one professor of color hired on the tenure track.
Cynthia Gordy: Holding Court: Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree on Elena Kagan 2010
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Ken Mack [an African-American] was given a position as an assistant professor, and he became tenured faculty during the deanship of Elena Kagan.
Cynthia Gordy: Holding Court: Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree on Elena Kagan 2010
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"I'm confident that the military had access to our students and students had access to our military throughout my deanship, and that's incredibly important," Ms. Kagan said.
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