dean's office

College leader's suite

The dean's office is the administrative center where a college or university dean works, handling academic affairs, student issues, and faculty matters.

Getting called to the dean's office often signals trouble: I got summoned to the dean's office after the incident.

The term also refers to the staff and functions housed there: The dean's office handles all academic appeals.

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faculty · campus · college · university · appointment · discipline · student conduct · honor code · disciplinary hearing · transcript · suspension · advisor · scholarship · petition · expulsion · probation · formal warning · appeal

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administrative vs. instructional spaces

dean's officeclassroom

Educational instruction space

lecture hall · seminar room · laboratory · library · study hall

authority hierarchy

dean's officestudent body

Collective term for enrollees

freshman dorm · student lounge · student government · undergraduate · rank and file

formality of space

dean's officestudent union

Academic community center

student lounge · common room · dorm room · student center · quad

Family

dean, office, deans, offices, deanery, deanship, officer, official, officially

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G