Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa is a Professor of Education and the Academic Dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, positions he has held since 2006 and 2011 respectively.

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Often, the companies integrate results into their operations, says John Mooney, the school's associate dean for academic programs.

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Cummings, associate dean for academic affairs at Indiana Tech's new law school, said plans to enroll 100 students in the fall class may have to be scaled back.

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Ellen S. Pryor, associate dean for academic affairs at UNT Dallas College of Law, said her school aims to serve local college students seeking an affordable, hands-on legal education, and will draw a different pool of applicants than other north Texas law schools.

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Harvard University has imposed academic sanctions on dozens of students for cheating in a final exam, a dean said in an email to students.

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Ms Tyson agrees: a business-school dean, she reckons, needs to be more nimble and responsive than other academic bigwigs.

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Introducing such concepts early in students' academic careers should help them "connect the dots, " says Daniel Connolly, associate dean for undergraduate programs at the business school.

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