university administrator

Academic institution leader

A university administrator is someone who manages institutional operations rather than teaching or research.

The term covers a range from department secretaries to provosts and presidents.

In academic circles, administrators are sometimes viewed with skepticism by faculty, who see them as bureaucrats detached from the educational mission: The university administrators decided to cut the philosophy department.

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chancellor · bureaucracy · committee · tenure · tenure track · hiring committee · faculty · faculty senate · campus · corner office · office · memo · budget · budget cuts · enrollment · paperwork · policy · open door policy

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institutional role

university administratorprofessor

Senior university teacher

faculty member · tenured professor · researcher · scholar · teacher

organizational hierarchy

university administratorstudent

One formally enrolled somewhere

undergraduate · college student · undergraduate student · freshman · graduate student

institutional vs. non-institutional

university administratorpublic intellectual

Scholar engaging broad audiences

autodidact · dropout

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