Editing Academic administration (section)

==Administrative titles==
The chief executive, the administrative and educational head of a university, depending on tradition and location, may be termed the [[Chancellor (education)#University president|university president]], the [[Provost (education)|provost]], the [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] (the United States), the [[Chancellor (education)#Vice-chancellor|vice-chancellor]] (many [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries), [[Principal (academia)|principal]] (Scotland and Canada), or [[Rector (academia)|rector]] (Europe, Russia, Asia, the Middle East and South America).

An administrative executive in charge of a university department or of some schools, may be termed a [[Dean (education)|dean]] or some variation. 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 program), or principal, as used in [[primary education]].