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WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TENURE of currently sitting business school deans? What position serves as the most common springboard into the dean's office? What are the most crit- ical issues and pressures business school administrators face today? AACSB International's recently released 2014- 2015 Deans Survey explores these and other questions related to leadership at its member schools. The survey, which is based on responses from 574 deans and 76 interim deans in 61 countries, shows that new deans continue to outnumber their veteran counterparts. And when deans rank their most pressing priorities, improving their schools' reputations and achieving accreditation come out on top. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE DEAN AGE & GENDER WORLD TRAVELS NORTH AMERICA EUROPE ASIA LACC* OCEANIA AFRICA 81 12 10 4 2 – 252 66 91 15 16 5 9 5 4 2 – – 280 40 19 7 10 3 62 43 86 14 8 2 ACCREDITED NON-ACCREDITED MALE NOT REPORTED FEMALE 29% of deans have spent 6+ years outside their current schools' home countries 43% of deans have spent 6 months or less outside their current countries 36 AGE OF YOUNGEST DEANS IN THE SURVEY, LEADING SCHOOLS IN ASIA AND LACC* 76 AGE OF OLDEST DEAN IN THE SURVEY, LEADING A SCHOOL IN NORTH AMERICA 36.8% 4.3% 17.9% 2% 26.6% 1.8% 10.7% 33.3% 2% 20.9% 0.7% 35.3% 0% 7.8% COUNTRIES DEANS HAVE LIVED IN, OTHER THAN THOSE OF THEIR CURRENT SCHOOLS 2011-2012 2014-2015 Women make up 19 percent of responding deans in the 2014 survey, compared to 17 percent in 2012. *Latin America & Caribbean 69% DEANS IN FIRST DEANSHIP 57 MEAN AGE OF CURRENT DEANS 42 BizEd MARCH | APRIL 2015 0 1 2 3 4 5 6+