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deanship

American  
[deen-ship] / ˈdinˌʃɪp /

noun

  • deanships
    plural
  1. the position, status, or tenure of a dean.


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She will not serve on the clerkship committee under my deanship.

From Slate ● May 15, 2021

Puliafito’s successor to the deanship, Rohit Varma, also stepped down as The Times was preparing to publish a story about a sexual harassment allegation against him that resulted in a $135,000-payout to his alleged victim.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2018

His other motivation is his belief in the power of education, he said; his deanship at Harvard has been an opportunity to work with people focused on expanding educational opportunity.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2017

In 1983 she became the dean of Boston University’s School for the Arts, a post she held until 1991, when she retired from the deanship but continued teaching there.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2016

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

At most education schools, the professors with the research budgets and deanships have little interest in the science of teaching.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2014

Earlier this year, Richard Berendzen, president of the American University in Washington, ran ads in educational journals for two deanships, one in arts and sciences, the other in the law school.

From Time Magazine Archive

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