ILLINOIS

At Illinois, the provost is the chief academic officer for the campus and is responsible for developing and assessing academic programs, managing a budget of over $2 billion, and supervising academic personnel policies and academic administration. Deans and directors of academic units report to the provost. The provost, in turn, reports to the chancellor and serves as the campus's chief executive when the chancellor is absent... The Office of the Provost oversees Illinois' academic programs, policies and priorities, and manages the campus budget. Our mission is to ensure the quality of our students' educational experience and to sustain an encouraging and supportive environment for scholarly excellence... At Illinois, we have a long history of transforming the world. Current campus-wide initiatives are harnessing the multi-disciplinary and cross-college assets of the university to develop new strengths in health, design, environmental sustainability and informatics.

Primary location: Champaign United States