February 10, 2009

Survey of Chief Academic Officers Raises Concerns About Diversity and Longevity

By Peter Schmidt

Washington

The top academic post at colleges—chief academic officer—tends to be a fairly short-term job and is not nearly the steppingstone to the presidency that it should be, says a report issued on Monday by the American Council on Education.

The report, released here at the council's annual conference, is based on the first-ever comprehensive census of the nation's chief academic officers, or CAO's, who generally use the title "provost" or "vice president for academic affairs."

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