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flyfishingfrog

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Deep Purple said:
Nope. Operations = all the physical and financial activities required to keep the place running, not academics. The COO at TCU is the Vice Chancellor for Finance & Administration.

There is no corporate equivalent to a Provost, who oversees all colleges and programs in the Academic Affairs division. The other four administrative divisions (Student Affairs, University Advancement, Marketing & Communication, Human Resources, Finance & Administration) do not report to the Provost.
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Geez you are a beating

What “business” is TCU in? does the Provost have ownership for that?
Then in the commercial world - he is the COO equivalent

Operations in a commercial company is not the plant - COOs do not run physical buildings - they run the core business that a company does to make money
 
FrogAbroad

FrogAbroad

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flyfishingfrog said:
Geez you are a beating

What “business” is TCU in? does the Provost have ownership for that?
Then in the commercial world - he is the COO equivalent

Operations in a commercial company is not the plant - COOs do not run physical buildings - they run the core business that a company does to make money
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Our business is selling an education that is evidenced by transcripts and a diploma, all of which are recognized and respected by persons and organizations seeking competent, trained individuals to carry out specialized responsibilities.

Since a provost (generally) oversees the academic function the job might be somewhat comparable to product design, production and quality control.
 
TCUdirtbag

TCUdirtbag

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flyfishingfrog said:
Geez you are a beating

What “business” is TCU in? does the Provost have ownership for that?
Then in the commercial world - he is the COO equivalent

Operations in a commercial company is not the plant - COOs do not run physical buildings - they run the core business that a company does to make money
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Particularly as a private school, in today’s higher education market TCU is in a lot more than the classroom academics business. Student affairs/development and housing are massive business operations entirely separate from the provost’s purview. Not to mention the businesses of D1/P5 athletics, managing a $1.4ish billion investment portfolio, and running the campus itself.

University organizations are incredibly complex beasts. Add the ivory tower element and you get a bureaucracy that challenges the government in inefficiencies (though being private and in an at-will employment state without unionized faculty helps a lot).

Fair to say Provost is one of about 3-4 divisional COOs.
 
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TCUdirtbag

TCUdirtbag

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Tumbleweed said:
Important role for our university. Excellent credentials. The environment at TCU is among the best in the country.

From upper New York attitude to Ft. Worth. A BIG change In a short while she will love TCU, Ft. Worth and Texas! Four/five months ought to take care of that.
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Much more akin to her UNC days for sure. And she has a lot of non-Texan senior level admins to guide her.

Does anyone know if Donovan is staying on as a tenured prof or is he fully retiring?
 
Brog

Brog

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TCUdirtbag said:
Much more akin to her UNC days for sure. And she has a lot of non-Texan senior level admins to guide her.

Does anyone know if Donovan is staying on as a tenured prof or is he fully retiring?
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Her husband runs an aluminum smelting plant. Any of those around here?
 

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