Talk:President Siebert/@comment-3125805-20131106204233/@comment-128.84.124.35-20140207071944

Yes. The President is the actual, day to day chief executive.* At UK universities I understand that is the Vice-Chancellor? With at times honorary Chancellors or other heads? (like the Queen, Prince of Wales, etc).

The Provost at nearly every American college reports to the president. They oversee all academics and are nearly always the most imporant vice president. Others include an SVP for Students/Dean, SVP for Finance/Treasurer, etc.


 * One exception, or note, to this: some state university SYSTEMS do have chancellors, sometimes in addition to presidents. For instance there are multiple University of Californias (UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSanDiego etc) that are all one state department but have semi-independent campuses. Depends on the state, but in these cases one title, either President or Chancellor, will refer to the multiple semi-independent heads, with the overall system-wide head the President. Other states (like Iowa) reverse the titles, but to the same effect.