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provost

[proh-vohst, prov-uhst, proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst, ˈproʊ voʊ /


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Terri Gomez, a 27-year veteran in higher education and a lifelong resident of the Inland Empire, is currently the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona, a university statement said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

“A lot of them are essentially independent contractors, so it’s a slightly different trajectory than someone who goes to an engineering program,” said Michael Bryant, interim provost at CalArts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“You still see a narrowing to the mean,” said Heath Einstein, vice provost of enrollment management.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Paul Gigot: Those guys usually don’t get to be provost.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

David Korn, vice provost for research at Harvard University, argues that giving patients control over their tissues is shortsighted.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

This forces department chairs, deans, provosts and research vice presidents to own the veracity of every proposed publication.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Among those backing the effort are former New College provosts, Bard College in New York and PEN America, a free expression advocacy group.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2023

The study added that between 1636 and 1834, 79 lord provosts were nominated to Glasgow Town Council, 40 of whom had connections to Atlantic slavery and others who owned enslaved people.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2022

More than three-quarters of chief human resource officers, provosts and chief academic affairs officers, and chief student financial aid officers are White, an American Council on Education report found.

From Washington Post Nov. 26, 2021

The provosts and principals will execute and cause to be executed the regulations regarding instruction, discipline, and compatibility.

From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole



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