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BE DEAN PRIOR POSITIONS IN THE INTERIM Among interim deans who responded, nearly 69 percent are serving their first appointments. The majority previously served as associate deans (25.7 per- cent), faculty (24.3 percent), or depart- ment chairs (17.6 percent). On average, they expect to spend 1.6 years in the po- sition before a full-time dean is hired, and 58.3 percent are interested in the job. The majority were internal candidates who were either invited to serve with- out a search process (31.5 percent) or received the job after an internal search (32.9 percent). Only 5.5 percent came to the interim position from outside the school—up from 0 percent in 2011–2012. NORTH AMERICA EUROPE ASIA LACC OCEANIA AFRICA 49 10 13 3 1 – # OF INTERIM DEANS INTERIM DEANS RESPONDED, INCLUDING 16 WOMEN AND 58 MEN* 76 IN EXECUTIVE POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT IN NONPROFITS OR NGOS SELF-EMPLOYED OTHER 52% 24% 12% 8% 4% PRIOR TO BECOMING DEANS THE NONACADEMICS WERE Dean .................................................................................... 20.8% Department Head/Chair ..................................................... 16.8% Associate Dean ................................................................... 15.9% Faculty Member .................................................................. 12.5% Interim/Acting Dean ............................................................ 10.6% Vice Dean .............................................................................. 6.9% Other Academic ..................................................................... 6.7% Nonacademic ....................................................................... 4.8% Program Director.................................................................. 4.6% Assistant Dean ..................................................................... 0.4% LAST POSITION BEFORE CURRENT DEANSHIP Department Head/Chair .................................................... 21.9% Associate Dean ....................................................................21.7% Interim/Acting Dean .......................................................... 14.4% Faculty Member ................................................................. 13.6% Vice Dean ............................................................................. 8.9% Other Academic .....................................................................8.1% Nonacademic ....................................................................... 5.5% Program Director ................................................................. 5.5% Assistant Dean .................................................................... 0.5% LAST POSITION BEFORE FIRST DEANSHIP Of survey respondents, 394 are in their first deanship, up from 356 in the 2011–2012 survey. Among first-time deans, 50.3 per- cent have been in the position three years or less. About 48 per- cent were hired from within the institution, and 35.4 percent of new deans were encouraged by mentors to pursue the position. *2 did not specify MARCH | APRIL 2015 BizEd 43