Dean's List
A Dean's List (or sometime Rector's list) is a category of students in a college or university who achieve high grades during their stay in an academic term or academic year. In secondary schools, or high schools, the term Consistent Honor List or Honor Roll is more common, but Dean's List and Consistent Honor List are generally synonymous. It is most often found in North America, but is also used by universities in Australia. Some colleges in Europe also use the term, at least at graduation.
Its meaning varies from institution to institution, and other terms are sometimes used instead in place of dean (e.g. provost's list, chancellor's list, president's list).
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[edit] North America
The Dean's List GPA requirements vary from school to school, however, there are rough "standards":
Different from an academic scholarship, the Dean's List Award does not come with any financial aid. However, often students high on the Dean's List are offered extra financial aid, especially if they express a desire to transfer or exhibit more financial need.
Recognition is often granted at graduation for students that were in the Dean's List for more than one semester.
At times schools have a special dinner or breakfast to celebrate the students' success. Some schools and universities have special Dean's Lists for international students, which are published separately from the regular lists. [3]
The Dean to which the list is referring is the Dean of the entire school, not the Dean of Academic Affairs.
[edit] Australia
A number of universities in Australia produce a Dean's List in respect of each faculty. Students are generally eligible to appear on the Dean's List if they have achieved an average grade of High Distinction for the year. Also in 1996 The Southport School was introduced to The Dean's List and they still use it today.
[edit] Controversies
A few years ago, the requirement to qualify for Dean's list at Columbia University was a minimum 3.3 Grade point average for the semester. Administrators at the University saw that the majority of students were qualifying for Dean's list as many of them were making or exceeding the 3.3 mark. According to a 2001 change by the University, to qualify for Dean's list at Columbia University a student must maintain a grade point average of 3.6 or better.[4]
The reward for making Dean's list at Columbia University is the receipt of a commendation printed on gold-lettered stationery and a congratulatory note to the student's parents and a letter to their hometown newspaper. Although the University has witnessed negative responses from students, the new policy nonetheless invoked increased competition among its students.[4]
[edit] See Also
The Dean's List, musical group from Boston, Massachusetts
[edit] References
- ^ "College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University". Arts.cornell.edu. 2008-06-16. http://www.arts.cornell.edu/stu-adv/deanslist.php. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
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- ^ "Example for an International Students Dean's List". www.uky.edu. 2009-12-31. http://www.uky.edu/PR/News/DeansList/Fall09/international.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ a b "Ever Heard of Grade Deflation? Columbia Dean's List Takes 3.6". The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/node/45271. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
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