dean

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The school has a duty to protect the value of students’ degrees by curbing grade inflation, said Amanda Claybaugh, the dean of undergraduate education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“I don’t think it should have ever gotten to a jury trial,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law and an expert on the 1st Amendment, which also protects the platforms.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the famous detective during his younger years, Mamma Mia actor Firth plays Sir Bucephalus Hodge, the dean of Oxford University, where Holmes is a porter.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

In addition, the Syracuse dean said the dollar amounts involved are at a scale that Customs and Border Protection “has never processed.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

“Certainly we must” So they went to the dean little chapel in the village and thanked God for His mercies.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White