"John Vernon John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in ""Animal House"", his role as the Mayor in ""Dirty Harry"" and as Fletcher in ""The Outlaw Josey Wales"". Vernon was born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz in Zehner, Saskatchewan. He was one of two sons of Adolf Agopsowicz, a grocer, and his wife Eleonore Krückel (also spelled as Kriekle or Kriekel). Both parents' families immigrated to the Edenwold"
"more commonly, but it is also adopted by colleges established by other denominations and those with no religious affiliation. Australian National University: University of Melbourne: University of Newcastle: University of Queensland: University of Sydney: University of Western Australia: Examples of holders of this office in fiction occur in the following works; the name of the institution is also given: Warden (college) Warden is the title given to or adopted by the heads of some university colleges and other institutions. It dates back at least to the 13th century at Merton College, Oxford; the original Latin version is ""custos"". University of"
"Warden (college) Warden is the title given to or adopted by the heads of some university colleges and other institutions. It dates back at least to the 13th century at Merton College, Oxford; the original Latin version is ""custos"". University of Bristol: University of Cambridge: University of London: University of Oxford: University of Durham University of Manchester: Winchester College Radley College (unusually, the Warden here is the head master rather than the Chairman of the Council) Residential colleges at Australian Universities adopt a variety of titles for their heads. Those colleges established by the Anglican Church use the title Warden"
"heads of public universities (mostly traditional monarchs), appointed by the head of state (president), governor of a state (in the case of state-owned universities) or assumed by the owner of a private university. The day-to-day running of universities is the responsibility of the vice-chancellors. ""Rector"" and ""president"" are not commonly used terms in university administration. In Ireland, day-to-day operations of the universities are under the directorship of a president (a provost in the case of Trinity College Dublin). However, the president of each constituent university of the National University of Ireland also has the title of pro-vice-chancellor of the NUI."
"administration and management in the UK is the Association of University Administrators. In the United States, a college or university is typically supervised by a President or Chancellor who reports regularly to a Board of Trustees (made up of individuals from outside the institution) and who serves as Chief Executive Officer. Most large colleges and universities now use an administrative structure with a tier of vice presidents, among whom the Provost (or Vice President for Academic Affairs, or Academic Dean) serves as the chief academic officer. Deans may supervise various and more specific aspects of the institution, or may be"
"the second-ranked official of governance is known as ""prorektor"". Most English universities are formally headed by ""chancellors""; however, at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, most colleges are headed by a ""master"" or a ""principal"" as the chief academic. In a few colleges, the equivalent person is called a ""president"", ""provost"", or ""warden"". At two Oxford colleges, Lincoln College and Exeter College, the head is called ""rector"". At Oxford and Cambridge, the university's overall head is called ""chancellor"", but this is chiefly a ceremonial position while the academic head of each university is the ""vice-chancellor"". At St Chad's College,"
"for the running of a College is the 'Head of College'. Colleges use different terms when referring to their Head of College: The day-to-day running of the colleges is managed by an elected committee of staff and student members chaired by the college's Provost. Colleges have a Junior Common Room for undergraduate students, which is managed by the elected Junior Common Room Committee, and a Graduate Common Room for post-graduate students, as well as a Senior Common Room, which is managed by elected representatives of the college's academic and administrative members. The only exceptions to this are Wentworth which as"
"university systems, such as the North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and California university systems, in which those two titles are reversed. At Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, which is a single unified university with three campuses, the chief officers of the two smaller campuses at Camden and Newark are called chancellors, a renaming from ""provost."" Rutgers University itself has a president as the chief officer. Presidents are the functional chief executive officers of most standalone U.S. universities; however, a few universities, such as Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh, have a chancellor as the chief executive"
"state. In California, for example, the chief executive officer of the entire California State University system of 23 campuses is called ""Chancellor"" while the CEO of each individual campus is called ""President"" — thus, there is an officer called ""Chancellor of the California State University"", and there is the ""President of San Francisco State University"". In the University of California, by contrast, the terms are reversed — thus, there is the ""President of the University of California"", and below that person in the hierarchy is the ""Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles"", and so on. The term 'Warden'"
"head of a university, depending on tradition and location, may be termed the university president, the provost, the chancellor (the United States), the vice-chancellor (many Commonwealth countries), principal (Scotland and Canada), or rector (Europe, Russia, Asia and the Middle East). An administrative executive in charge of a university department or of some schools, may be termed a dean or some variation, such as dean emeritus. The chief executive of academic establishments other than universities, may be termed headmaster or head teacher (schools), director (used to reflect various positions ranging from the head of an institution to the head of a"
"chancellor as ceremonial head. The de facto head of the university is the vice-chancellor. The chancellor is primarily responsible for attending the convocation programmes and accepting the resignation and appointment letter of a new vice-chancellor. Generally, the prime minister is considered the chancellor, and in his absence, the minister of education acts as the chancellor. In the United States, heads of colleges and universities are typically called ""president."" A multi-campus university system may be headed by a chancellor who serves as system-wide chief, with presidents governing individual institutions: for example, the City University of New York. There are also some"
"of a university (called faculties) are headed by deans. As in most Commonwealth and British-influenced countries, the term ""rector"" is not commonly used in Canada. Quebec's universities, both francophone (e.g., ""Université de Montréal"") and anglophone (e.g., Concordia University), use the term (""recteur"" or ""rectrice"" in French) to designate the head of the institution. In addition, the historically French-Catholic, and now bilingual, Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario uses the term to denote its head. St. Paul's College, the Roman Catholic College of the University of Manitoba, uses the term 'rector' to designate the head of the College. St. Boniface College,"
"contain a character called ""The Bursar"". This character, like most other faculty members of Pratchett's Unseen University, is almost always referred to by his job title. In the ""Hamilton (musical)"" in the song ""Aaron Burr, Sir"", it is mentioned that Alexander Hamilton punched the bursar. Bursar A bursar (derived from ""bursa"", Latin for ""purse"") is a professional financial administrator in a school or university. In the United States, bursars usually exist only at the level of higher education (4-year colleges and universities) or at private secondary schools. In Australia, Great Britain, and other countries, bursars are common at lower levels"
"University authorities as ""The People's University."" CSU and UC use the terms ""president"" and ""chancellor"" internally in opposite ways: At CSU, the campuses are headed by presidents who report to a systemwide chancellor; but at UC, they are headed by chancellors who report to a systemwide president. CSU has traditionally been more accommodating to the older student than UC, by offering more degree programs in the evenings and, more recently, online. In addition, CSU schools, especially in more urban areas, have traditionally catered to the commuter, enrolling most of its students from the surrounding area. This has changed as CSU"
"leader (either ceremonial or executive) of many public and private universities and related institutions. The heads of the New York City Department of Education and the District of Columbia Public Schools, who run the municipally-operated public schools in those jurisdictions, carry the title of Chancellor. New York State also has a Chancellor of the University of the State of New York, the body that licenses and regulates all educational and research institutions in the state and many professions (not to be confused with the State University of New York, an actual institution of higher learning). In a few instances, the"
"state government. (They may include multiple administratively independent campuses, or an integrated multi-campus state university). In some state university systems, ""provost"" may be the title held by the head of branch campus. For example, until recently the chancellors of the Newark and Camden campuses of Rutgers University in New Jersey were known as provosts. Sometimes the chief academic officer or chief medical officer of a university medical center (also academic medical center) holds the title of provost. In some universities, the chief administrative officer of a large academic division may hold a provostial title. Finally, in some colleges and universities,"
"many countries, the administrative and educational head of the university is known as the president, principal or rector. In the United States, the head of a university is most commonly a university president. In U.S. university systems that have more than one affiliated university or campus, the executive head of a specific campus may have the title of chancellor and report to the overall system's president, or vice versa. In both Australia and New Zealand, a chancellor is the chairman of a university's governing body; thus, as well as having ceremonial duties, the chancellor participates in the governance of the"
"by the state governor. Four states (Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, and Nevada) elect members of some university boards by popular vote. Boards of private universities can be selected either by an alumni vote, or by the existing members of the board. The term ""Board of Trustees"" is the most commonly used name for governing bodies of universities in the United States. All schools within the Ohio Higher Education System are governed by individual Boards of Trustees, including Miami University and Ohio State University. The governing body at Duke University is known as the board of trustees while each college and the"
"of the year in which the term ends. A person may not be elected to serve as rector for more than two consecutive terms. In the case of private universities the rule is regulated by university statute. In Portugal, the rector (Portuguese: ""Reitor"") is the highest official of each university. The title of the rector of the universities whose foundation has been historically approved by the Pope, as the University of Coimbra, the Univ. of Évora or, in modern times, the Catholic University, is called ""Magnífico Reitor"" (Magnificus Rector, as the rector was called in the Latin documents). Each university"
"or individual flats being linked to one college or another each year according to demand. The colleges were governed by a syndicate, including a principal (originally a senior academic but nowadays more usually a middle-ranking administrator or IT professional), a Dean and assistant deans (responsible for student discipline), together with a senior advisor, heading a team of College Advisors. These were previously known as Senior Tutor and College Tutors, but the titles were changed in 2011 to Advisor to avoid possible confusion with ""Academic Advisors"" in students' academic departments. Collectively, the colleges are run by their individual SCR (Senior Common"
"a university is having, in addition, one or more graduate schools engaged in both teaching graduate classes and in research. Often these would be called a School of Law or School of Medicine, (but may also be called a college of law, or a faculty of law). An exception is Vincennes University, Indiana, which is styled and chartered as a ""university"" even though almost all of its academic programs lead only to two-year associate degrees. Some institutions, such as Dartmouth College and The College of William & Mary, have retained the term ""college"" in their names for historical reasons. In"
"a need to reform college athletics, returning the emphasis to the student half of student-athletes. Vanderbilt's intercollegiate athletics teams are nicknamed the Commodores, in honor of the nickname given to Cornelius Vanderbilt, who made his fortune in shipping. Fans often refer to Vanderbilt athletic teams as ""Dores"" or use the cheer ""Go Dores!"" The term ""commodore"" was used by the Navy during the mid- to late nineteenth century. A commodore was the commanding officer of a task force of ships, and therefore higher in rank than a captain but lower in rank than an admiral. It was the highest rank"
"Universities and colleges usually have a ""university director"" or ""college director"", who is the head of the administration (i.e., the non-academic employees) and subordinate to the rectorate. In Poland, the rector () is the elected head of a university or university college, in military, military type upper educaction institutions name of rector like official is () (commander). The rector is the highest official of the university. Rector of the university can be a person with at least a doctoral degree, employed by the university as the main place of work. Rector is referred to as Jego/Jej Magnificencja (en. His/Her Magnificence)"
"supervision and oversight of curricular, instructional, and research affairs. The various deans of a university's various schools, colleges, or faculties generally report to the provost or jointly to the chief executive officer (variously called president, chancellor, or rector) and the provost, as do the heads of various interdisciplinary units and academic support functions, such as libraries, student services, the registrar, admissions, and information technology. The provost, in turn, is responsible to the institution's chief executive officer and governing board or boards (variously called the board of trustees, the board of regents, the board of governors, or the corporation) for oversight"
"the University of Alabama System. Auburn University is governed by the Auburn University Board of Trustees. The governing board of Georgetown University is known as the President and Directors of Georgetown College. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia is the oversight authority for thirty universities and colleges in the state of Georgia (including the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology) along with the state archives and the state public library system. In the State of Louisiana, the governing board of each of the four public university systems is known as the Board of Supervisors."
"universities and theological education institutions), Proctor has two completely different meanings in education: it can refer either to a high official in certain universities, or to any teacher or other staff member at a university, secondary school or even elementary school when they are supervising the administration of a test or examination. In British, Canadian, Australian and South African English, persons acting in this latter capacity are referred to as ""invigilators"". The early history of the office at Cambridge is obscure, but it seems that the Proctors have always represented the colleges in University proceedings. In the past the Proctors"
"or higher, but again, this may vary between institutions. While the internal organization of the higher education institutions are not regulated by law, most have opted to divide into faculties or areas headed by a board and a ""dekan"" or ""dekanus"", the dean. Deans are commonly appointed by the rector after hearing the opinion of the lektors and professors. The usually serve with a time limited mandate. Deans hold the rank of lektor or higher. Most universities and colleges are subdivided into departments, headed by the prefekt and the department board or, sometimes, by the prefekt alone. Prefekts may be"
"""vice-chancellor"" is more common in English-medium universities, whilst the term ""rector"" tends to be used in Afrikaans-medium universities). The exact name in a particular university will be defined by the Institutional Statute. The same act defines the chancellor as the titular head of an institution. Chancellor (education) A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is usually a ceremonial non-resident head of the university. In such institutions, the chief executive"
"(Latin: ""praepositus"") was used in England in medieval times for the head of colleges such as Oriel College, Oxford and Eton College. In the context of local government, the title is even older; see Provost (civil) The first use of the title in American and Canadian higher education is unclear. At the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, the title dates from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, respectively. At the University of Pennsylvania, the administrative head of the university was titled provost until the 1930s, when the Board of Trustees created a separate office of president and re-designated"
"governed by the Executive Board, consisting of a President, a Vice-President and a Rector. The Executive Board has general management responsibilities and appoints the deans and professors of the faculties. The Executive Board is accountable to a Supervisory Board, appointed by the members' assembly of the VU Association, a private organization which founded the university in 1880. The university's Works Council, a body of elected representatives of faculty and staff, as well as the Student Council, have consultation and co-decision rights in some areas of university policy and management. The College of Deans, consisting of all faculty deans and chaired"
"Governing boards of colleges and universities in the United States In the United States, a board often governs institutions of higher education, including private universities, state universities and community colleges. In each US state, such boards may govern either the state university system, individual colleges and universities, or both. In general they operate as a board of directors, and they vary by formal name, size, powers, and membership. In some states, members are appointed by the governor. In some private institutions of higher learning, non-governing boards may also be appointed. These boards' members' duties often include but are not limited"
"Campus Administrators. Tufts University is an independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. Its official corporate name is ""The Trustees of Tufts College"". The university is governed by up to forty-one Trustees and no fewer than twenty-eight. The Trustees themselves are responsible for choosing their successors. In addition to the president the university appoints Charter Trustees (up to 30 members) who are elected by the board and Alumni Trustees (up to 10 members) who serve for up to five years. Generally Charter Trustees are elected by majority vote of the members. Alumni Trustees are elected by alumni. The Trustees"
"sought to reinstate him through legislation. The act ostensibly modified the existing Charter rather than establishing a new institution: it attempted to change the name to Dartmouth University, to increase the number of Trustees from twelve to twenty-one, and to create a board of twenty-five Overseers including, ""ex officio"", the Governor and Council, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Vermont. The Legislature had some reason to see the existing school as a state charity. Dartmouth used the terms ""college"" and ""university"" almost interchangeably in its early years. It accepted state"