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Understanding the Role of Chancellors in Higher Education

This quiz explores the concept of Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors in higher education systems around the world, their roles, and the terminology used in various countries.

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1 At the University of the South, the vice-chancellor is the administrative head of the ________ (as well as the village of Sewanee).

2 Equivalent names in different countries are Vice-Chancellor (many Commonwealth countries), Chancellor (United States), principal (Scotland and ________), and University President.

3 In the ________, the national university (University of the Philippines) designates the head of its autonomous universities as the Chancellor.

4 In the ________, a vice-chancellor is an assistant to a chancellor, who is generally the (actual, not merely ceremonial) head of one campus of a large university which has several campuses.

5 In Canada, the Vice-Chancellor usually carries the joint title of "President and Vice-Chancellor" or "________ and Vice-Chancellor"; Scottish Vice-Chancellors generally carry the title of "Principal and Vice-Chancellor."

6 Highest representative and leader of the scientific staff is a ________ or president, depending on the university's constitution.

7 In the ________ the four universities all have a Chancellor as their figurehead leader.

8 In Scotland, ________ and Ireland the chief executive of a University is usually called Principal or President with vice-chancellor being an honorific associated with this title, allowing the individual to bestow degrees in absence of the chancellor.

9 In ________, the Chancellor is Chairman of the University's governing body; thus, as well as having ceremonial duties, the Chancellor participates in the governance of the University (but not its active management).

10 In Hong Kong, the ________ ( and before 1997, Governor of Hong Kong) acts as the Chancellor of all public universities.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Vera Pezer, current Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, is a four-time Canadian Ladies' curling champion and a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.
  • William C. McInnes, one of the first Jesuits to study business administration, simultaneously served as the president of both Fairfield University and the University of San Francisco for four months.
  • the first chancellor of the University of Houston, Andrew Davis Bruce, was a former lieutenant general in the US Army and the founder of Fort Hood.
  • the media reports that Deborah Freund, Vice Chancellor and Provost for Academic Affairs at Syracuse University, is to replace Albert Carnesale as the chancellor of UCLA.
  • Sir John Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet, Lord Lieutenant of Essex for 20 years, was the first Pro-Chancellor of Essex University.
  • Robert McKechnie was the University of British Columbia's longest-serving chancellor.
  • Ira Needles co-founded the University of Waterloo in 1957 with Gerald Hagey, and later served as the university's second chancellor.
  • Peter Baume, Chancellor of the Australian National University from 1994 to 2006, was elected to the Australian Senate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the 1974 federal election.
  • Ray Edwin Powell was the president of Alcan, a Canadian aluminum company, before becoming the 10th Chancellor of McGill University in 1957.
  • François Charles Archile Jeanneret was a student, chairman, and principal at the University of Toronto before becoming its 22nd Chancellor in 1959.
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