deanships

Faculty leadership positions

Deanships is the plural of deanship, the position or office of a dean—an administrator who oversees a faculty, college, or academic division within a university.

The term encompasses both the role itself and the period during which someone holds it: She held two deanships over her career.

Applications for the open deanships close next month.

academic

faculty

Inherent power or ability

scholarship · research · pedagogy · enrollment · undergraduate · graduate · doctoral · professors · seminars · thesis

tenure

appointment

Scheduled time for something

duration · office · succession · interim · vacancy · reappointment · expiration · renewal · extension · transition

administration

governance

How authority is exercised

compliance · operations · decision-making · management · coordination · scheduling · procurement · bureaucracy · regulation · reporting

responsibility

stewardship

Responsible care of entrusted things

accountability · trust · integrity · fiduciary · answerability · prudence · conscientiousness · reliability · transparency · impartiality

leadership

visionary

Imaginative planner of futures

authority · direction · empowerment · strategy · motivation · inspiration · delegation · team-building · negotiation · advocacy

Opposites
academic hierarchy

deanshipsstudentships

Funded academic positions

entry-level positions · lectureships · department chairs

administrative vs. teaching/research roles

deanshipsprofessorships

Senior university teaching positions

research fellowships · lectureships · instructorships

Family

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