Focusing on Education 'as a Way of Being'

By PAUL FAIN

Lucia Albino Gilbert, to provost at Santa Clara University, from vice provost for undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin

Ms. Gilbert said she had no interest in leaving her job at the University of Texas, despite being approached regularly for positions at other institutions. But she changed her mind when a colleague read her the job description of the provost opening at Santa Clara.

She says the job sounded like a good