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47Q USMA, Professor and Associate Dean

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

Overview

A USMA Professor and Associate Dean links senior academic leadership with the Dean's staff. The officer also provides direct supervision and leadership in this academic role.

Core Skills

  • Senior academic leadership liaison
  • Dean's staff supervision and leadership

Civilian Career Paths

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Education Administrators, Postsecondary

Linking senior academic leadership with the Dean's staff and directly supervising that staff transfers to postsecondary academic administration.

How to prepare: Compare your documented education and academic leadership experience with specific academic-affairs or associate-dean appointments before identifying any education gaps. Entry typically requires a master's degree, although some small institutions accept a bachelor's; deans and provosts often need a Ph.D., and employers generally prefer related college-administration experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 47Q USMA, Professor and Associate Dean

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 47Q (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Senior academic leadership liaison, Dean's staff supervision and leadership, Education Administrators, Postsecondary (O*NET 11-9033.00)

  2. O*NET: Education Administrators, Postsecondary

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Education Administrators, Postsecondary (O*NET 11-9033.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Postsecondary Education Administrators

    [3] What They Do and How to Become; updated August 27, 2026

    Supports: Education Administrators, Postsecondary (O*NET 11-9033.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 47Q

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