PROVOST
Provost
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland or a Deputy Vice-Chancellor at most Australian universities.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Provost (education)
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provost
Noun
- The equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities.
- A senior academic administrator; sometimes called the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.
- The highest position in a monastery below an abbot.
- A prison keeper, especially in the military.
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