deanship
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At the time Mark Ridley-Thomas contacted Flynn, prosecutors allege, the school’s existence was threatened as were her deanship and reputation in the social work field.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021
She will not serve on the clerkship committee under my deanship.
From Slate • May 15, 2021
Believing that she can ignite Livingston’s affections and live with him happily ever after, Ilona intends to snare the deanship as a consolation prize for her unambitious husband.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2016
In addition, Stern officially announced last winter that he’s stepping down from the deanship of the Yale School of Architecture, a post he’s held for the last seventeen years.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 21, 2015
The discussion soon yielded a formal offer from Conant of a $12,000 salary to cover a full professorship, along with the deanship of a new graduate school of engineering and applied science.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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