The provost is UA's top academic officer. The position opened after James Dalton left for a similar job at LSU.

I’m not a very good driver (just ask my family), but one thing I do pretty well is merge into traffic on a freeway. Lately, however, my merge skills are being put to the test on the long, long on-ramp ...

KU won’t have a new provost in place when the spring semester begins next month, but it likely will by mid-February or the ...

Peggy Agouris became William & Mary's sixth provost on July 1, 2019. As the university's chief academic officer, Peggy is responsible for all academic and research programs, academic budgets, ...

A faculty leader is criticizing the University of Arizona’s processes for handling dismissal cases, saying President Suresh ...

An accomplished higher education leader and innovator and an exemplary scholar and teacher, A. Scott Weber, PhD, was named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in January 2020. As ...

A Message from the Provost: Week of 9.29.25; Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion process; H-1B program; presidential search;... A Message from the Provost: Week of 9.22.25 Board of Trustees Meetings; ...

The University of Montana Western has appointed Dr. Estee Aiken as interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, ...

Four months into my first provostship and I understand why it’s been called a lonely job. Well not exactly lonely — my work days are heavily scheduled and I’m routinely surrounded by people in a way ...

Alan M. Garber ’76 has the resumé of a Harvard president: More than a decade as the University's top academic officer, the founder of two medical research centers at Stanford, and a trio of graduate ...

THE AUGUST PROVOST MURDER…. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported this week on the suspected murder of Navy Seaman August Provost, who was found dead in a Camp Pendleton guard shack on Wednesday.

The Office of the Provost is committed to promoting academic excellence at Purdue. The Provost is Purdue’s chief academic officer, reporting directly to the president. The provost is responsible for: ...