university administration

College governing body

University administration refers to the officials and offices that manage a college or university's operations—admissions, finances, housing, academic policies.

The term often carries a whiff of bureaucracy or opposition to faculty and student interests: The administration rejected the proposal, She's been fighting the administration for years.

Administrators include presidents, provosts, deans, and their staffs.

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accreditation · tuition fees · endowments · annual fund · provost · strategic planning · tenure · dean · executive committee · student housing · campus police · board of trustees · research grants · scholarships · community partnerships · town hall meeting · ivory tower · red tape

Opposites
institutional constituency

university administrationfaculty

Inherent power or ability

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

governance structure

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Professors' governing assembly

labor unions · rank and file · student government · grassroots organizing · union representation

institutional priority

university administrationscholarship

Educational funding or erudition

intellectual inquiry · academic freedom · classroom instruction · pure research · liberal education

Family

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