Inside the Role of Dean

<p>Despite deans playing critical roles in education little is known about the knowledge skills and dispositions needed for the job or the practical dilemmas they face on an almost daily basis. Each chapter of this international collection opens the role up for examination and critique developing a deeper understanding of what it means to be a dean and offering insights into the transition into the role managing the daily demands and expectations of it and what it means to exit the deanship. The book brings being a dean and the leadership inherent in the position into sharp focus based on international perspectives on doing the job.</p>