provost
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Paul Gigot: Those guys usually don’t get to be provost.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
“The grants and the scholarships will absolutely help” with enrollment and retention, said Heather Lattimer, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Cal State L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Michael Spence, UCL president and provost, said he recognised that the Covid pandemic had been "incredibly difficult for students" and the university's response was "responsible and robust".
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
He worked at Iowa State before entering administration at Columbia, where he rose to executive vice provost before taking the helm at ASU in 2002.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
A punishment tour for Clevinger was fifty minutes of a weekend hour spent pacing back and forth before the provost marshal’s building with a ton of an unloaded rifle on his shoulder.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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