What is Provost?
In the [[United States]], the '''Provost''' is the chief [[academic]] officer of a [[college]] or [[university]]. Different schools have different rules for what the Provost does, but most Provosts deal with [[wikt:issue|issues]] about hiring and dismissing professors and giving out [[tenure]], handling complaints about [[academic program]]s, and deciding what the general academic [[policy|policies]] are for the school. In other [[country|countries]], the Provost is sometimes the leader of the whole college or university. [[Category:Colleges and universities]] {{stub}}