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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''deen'', from Anglo-French ''deen'', ''deien'', from Late Latin ''decanus'' chief of [[ten]], from [[Greek]] ''dekanos'', from ''deka'' ten
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the head of the chapter of a collegiate or [[cathedral]] [[church]]
*2: a person who is in charge of one of the parts of a [[university]] (such as a [[college]] or school)
*3: a person whose job is to give advice to the [[students]] in a college or high school and to make sure that they obey the school's rules
*4: a person who has more [[experience]] in or [[knowledge]] about a particular [[profession]], subject, etc., than anyone or almost anyone
==Description==
In [[academic]] [[administrations]] such as school or [[colleges]], a '''dean''' is the person with significant [[authority]] over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both. Deans are occasionally found in middle schools and high schools as well.
The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''decanus'', "a leader of ten", taken from the medieval [[monasteries]] (particularly those following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluniac_Reforms Cluniac Reforms]) which were often extremely large, with hundreds of [[monks]] (the size of a small college [[campus]]). The monks were organized into groups of ten for administrative purposes, along the lines of [[military]] platoons, headed by a senior monk, the ''decanus''. The term was later used to denote the head of a [[community]] of [[priests]], as the chapter of a [[cathedral]], or a section of a diocese (a "deanery"). When [[universities]] grew out of the cathedral and monastery schools, the title of dean was used for officials with various [[administrative]] [[duties]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_%28education%29]
[[Category: Education]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''deen'', from Anglo-French ''deen'', ''deien'', from Late Latin ''decanus'' chief of [[ten]], from [[Greek]] ''dekanos'', from ''deka'' ten
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the head of the chapter of a collegiate or [[cathedral]] [[church]]
*2: a person who is in charge of one of the parts of a [[university]] (such as a [[college]] or school)
*3: a person whose job is to give advice to the [[students]] in a college or high school and to make sure that they obey the school's rules
*4: a person who has more [[experience]] in or [[knowledge]] about a particular [[profession]], subject, etc., than anyone or almost anyone
==Description==
In [[academic]] [[administrations]] such as school or [[colleges]], a '''dean''' is the person with significant [[authority]] over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both. Deans are occasionally found in middle schools and high schools as well.
The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''decanus'', "a leader of ten", taken from the medieval [[monasteries]] (particularly those following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluniac_Reforms Cluniac Reforms]) which were often extremely large, with hundreds of [[monks]] (the size of a small college [[campus]]). The monks were organized into groups of ten for administrative purposes, along the lines of [[military]] platoons, headed by a senior monk, the ''decanus''. The term was later used to denote the head of a [[community]] of [[priests]], as the chapter of a [[cathedral]], or a section of a diocese (a "deanery"). When [[universities]] grew out of the cathedral and monastery schools, the title of dean was used for officials with various [[administrative]] [[duties]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_%28education%29]
[[Category: Education]]
