{"id":1510,"date":"2010-04-12T09:23:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T15:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2010-04-12T09:23:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T15:23:41","slug":"does-a-director-outrank-a-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1510","title":{"rendered":"Does a Director Outrank a Dean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean Dad at the Confessions of a Community College Dean<\/em> blog gives an insider’s look at American academic titles above “professor<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

His blog is worthwhile for anyone trying to climb the academic ladder\u2014or keep from getting knocked off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dean Dad at the Confessions of a Community College Dean blog gives an insider’s look at American academic titles above “professor.” His blog is worthwhile for anyone trying to climb the academic ladder\u2014or keep from getting knocked off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-scholarship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-om","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2244,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2244","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":0},"title":"Wendy Griffin Named Cherry Hill Dean","author":"Chas S. 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