dean
in academics, a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit
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Summary
dean is a corporate title[1]. dean draws 3,113 Wikipedia views per month (corporate title category, ranking #6 of 52).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: title of authority[3], position[4]
- Subclass of: academic administrator[5], academic[6], university teacher[7], education manager[8], director[9]
- Commons category: Deans[10]
- Honorific prefix: spectabilis[11]
- Inception: 907[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Deans (academic)[13]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14]
- Different from: Dekan[15], Dean[16]
- Organization directed by the office or position: faculty[17]
- Female form of label: doyenne[18], Dekanin[19], degana[20], דקאנית[21], děkanka[22], decana[23], dekanja[24], dekanė[25], عميدة[26]
- Male form of label: dekanas[27], decanu[28], Dekan[29]
- Next lower rank: vice dean[30]
- Next higher rank: rector[31], rector magnificus[32]
- P14453: dean[33]
Why It Matters
dean has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] dean is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]