The word "provost" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used as a noun to refer to a high-ranking official in a university or college, responsible for academic and administrative affairs. Example: The university provost announced a new policy requiring all students to attend a mandatory ethics workshop.
According to the paper, Geoffrey Garrett, vice provost and dean of the UCLA International Institute, was the front-runner until his credentials were questioned: he had been head of a committee charged with vetting candidates.
Patrick Prendergast, TCD's provost, said the new facility will help it focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.
The provost of the Brompton Oratory, a traditionalist church in central London, is Father Julian Large, a 43-year-old former journalist who draws a youthful following.The brighter shoreIn some respects the woes of the church in the West seem far away from the parts of the world where it is thriving.
These included a couple of occasions when universities had invited the Dalai Lama to speak and then either cancelled the invitation or received him off-campus.In one case, at North Carolina State University in 2009, the provost said after the cancellation of a Dalai Lama visit that the Confucius Institute had indicated the exiled Tibetan's presence could cause problems with China.
Rafael Reif, MIT's provost, says that the university's expansion is largely demand-driven: students and professors, he claims, both see the mixture of biology and engineering as the basis for future waves of technological advancement.To some extent, better student housing is simply a reflection of higher living standards across the country.
In 2005 a group led by Sir Alan Budd, provost of Queen's College, prepared a report on investment strategies, in response to which the university's investment committee is being reformed.
"I can't deny there are risks," says Ian Gow, provost of the Ningbo campus.For all China's reservations about ceding control to foreigners, there has been no attempt to disguise the foreignness of the 39-hectare (96-acre) site.
"Appointing a woman is a historic moment for Oxford but appointing this woman is a huge investment in our future as well," said Josephine Quinn, vice-provost of Worcester College.
He says that what is taught in the classroom has been twisted to serve the examinations, and that assessment should follow rather than define the curriculum.Universities should pitch in and help schools do better, says Michael Worton, vice-provost of University College London.
Michael Worton, UCL's vice-provost, reckons that knowing a foreign language enables people to appreciate different cultures.
The eldest is Ezekiel, a medical ethicist and vice-provost at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of this memoir.
