deanship
Faculty head position
Deanship is the position or office of a dean—an administrative head of a college, university faculty, or cathedral chapter.
The term also refers to the period during which someone holds this position: During her deanship, the school doubled its enrollment.
Less commonly, it denotes the duties or responsibilities of the role itself.
Inherent power or ability
- provostSenior academic administrator
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- tenureProtected employment status
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
curriculum · scholars · researchers · lectures · seminars · dissertation · thesis · publications
Power to enforce obedience
- directionWay something faces
- headshipChief authority position
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- influencePower to affect others
stewardship · executive · command · coordinator · supervisor · oversee · spearhead · governance
How authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- committeesGroups delegated specific duties
- appointmentsScheduled times for meetings
accreditation · strategic planning · hiring · policy · enrollment · admissions · staffing · reporting
Advice for decisions
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- supportTo uphold or sustain
nurturing · development · protégé · wisdom · experience · encouragement · advocacy · student affairs
faculty
Inherent power or ability
- provostSenior academic administrator
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- tenureProtected employment status
departments · curriculum · scholars · researchers · lectures · seminars · dissertation · thesis · publications · peer review
authority
Power to enforce obedience
influence · stewardship · executive · command · coordinator · supervisor · oversee · spearhead · governance · guide
governance
How authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- committeesGroups delegated specific duties
appointments · accreditation · strategic planning · hiring · policy · enrollment · admissions · staffing · reporting · compliance
guidance
Advice for decisions
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- coachingGuiding others to improve
support · nurturing · development · protégé · wisdom · experience · encouragement · advocacy · student affairs · office hours
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
clerical · vestry · parish · vicar · rector · ecclesiastic · benefice · clergy · ordination · vestments
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
deanshipstudentship
Funded academic appointment
lectureship · professorship · instructorship · classroom teaching