| [https://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 | | [https://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 |
| 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. | | 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] | + | The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''decanus'', "a leader of ten", taken from the medieval [[monasteries]] (particularly those following the [https://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]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_%28education%29] |