college administration

University management team

College administration refers to the officials who manage a college or university—deans, provosts, presidents, and their staff.

The term often carries a faintly adversarial connotation, as when students or faculty complain about bureaucratic decisions: The college administration rejected the proposal.

It can also mean the work itself: She's been in college administration for twenty years.

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red tape · student housing · career counseling · accreditation · ivory tower · payroll systems · research grants · orientation programs · commencement ceremony · town hall meeting · mental health support · campus life · academic advising · provost · grant writing · registrar · tuition hikes · tenure review

Opposites
institutional role

college administrationfaculty

Inherent power or ability

professors · teaching staff · students · student body · academic staff

power/authority structure

college administrationstudent body

Collective term for enrollees

students · labor unions · adjuncts · groundskeepers

organizational approach

college administrationfaculty senate

Professors' governing assembly

grassroots · democratic governance · student government · academic freedom

Family

college, administration, colleges, collegiate, collegian, collegial, collegiality, administer, administrator

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