Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
Deans sin. There are the petty offenses: the occasional missed reception, the student's name forgotten, or the parliamentary gaff at a faculty meeting. These are generally forgiven and dismissed before the next graduation.
There are, however, the more serious decanal transgressions that are not so easily forgiven or forgotten. The worst of these are
The Seven Deadly Sins of Deaning are Deception, Revenge, Narcissism, Pessimism, Taciturnity, Disloyalty and Aimlessness. The "opposite" evils are noted in italics at the end of each section.
Recommended Citation
Steven R. Smith,
Deaning's Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Deanly Virtues,
36
U. Toledo L. Rev.
173
(2004).
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