Academic deans are the middle managers of higher education: They juggle the agendas of top administrators and of professors and students. They craft visions for their schools and seek out the money to support those goals. They hire faculty members to fill classrooms and still, sometimes, carve out time for their own scholarship. They are the faces of their schools.
So what should you be thinking about if you want to become a dean? What do you need to know once you get the job? And what are some ways you can do it better?
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