Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Vice provost

Spanish translation:

vicerrector

Added to glossary by Alfonso Perpiña-Robert Navarro
Sep 6, 2006 06:35
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English term

Vice provost

English to Spanish Other Education / Pedagogy
Vice provost (of a US university)

Proposed translations

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subvicerrector de ordenación académica

Sé que suena fatal, pero no se me ocurre otra opción puesto que el "provost" es el vicerrector de ordenación académica. Un saludo.

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Note added at 14 mins (2006-09-06 06:50:01 GMT)
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Bueno... doy por sentado que la traducción es para España. Si no, la terminología sería distinta.
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vice decano

De acuerdo a la información en wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provost_(education), un "provost" es el jefe de un "college" (=facultad) y responsable ante el rector (i.e. president or chancellor), por lo tanto es el decano de una facultad.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Steven Capsuto : That's the job of a provost of a British university. In the U.S., a provost is the university's chief academic officer. (Even the Wikipedia article you cite acknowledges this.)
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