https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/02/14/poorly-defined-roles-provosts-and-deans-can-lead-problems-major-universities https://www.insidehighered.com/view

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/02/14/poorly-defined-roles-provosts-and-deans-can-lead-problems-major-universities https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/02/14/poorly-defin... A provost is an executive position over the academics of a university. A university president is the entire university, which has more fundraising, athletic, and other responsibilities. In practice, because of the distributed nature of universities, it's a bit like a cat herder.