LSU Academic Affairs - The Office of the Provost: Welcome


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Meet the Provost > Welcome

Welcome to the Office of Academic Affairs, the administrative center of the University.

Under the leadership of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, the Office of Academic Affairs oversees the operation of the University's fourteen colleges and schools, academic planning and programs, budgets, facilities planning and construction, and personnel. The office is also responsible for the oversight of

What is the job of the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost?

As the head of the Office of Academic Affairs, the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost is responsible to the Chancellor for the operation and advancement of the academic and research programs of the University. In the absence of the Chancellor, the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost acts as the chief administrative officer and represents the Chancellor in matters both internal and external to the University.

Other duties include:

chairing the University Budget Committee;
leading, with and for the Chancellor, programmatic, budgetary, and facility planning for the University;
chairing the University Planning Council; and

overseeing the assessment of the University's programs, services, and facilities.

	Meet Dr. Merget
	Dr. Astrid Merget assumed the post of Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost on August 1, 2007. Prior to her appointment at LSU, Dr. Merget's career included service in senior executive positions in academia and government. Most recently, she served as dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Prior to her Indiana post, she served at The Ohio State University as director of the School of Public Policy and Management and as associate dean and acting dean of the College of Business. She also served as associate dean at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and as chair of its Department of Public Administration. She previously chaired the Department of Public Administration at The George Washington University. Her senior executive positions in the federal government include senior adviser to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and special assistant to the assistant secretary for policy development and research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.	Dr. Astrid Merget
	A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, Merget has served as trustee, vice chair and chair of the board. She sat on the board of the Independent Sector as treasurer, vice chair and chair of its Committee on Leadership and Management. She has served as president of the National Association of Public Affairs and as a board member of the National Council for Science and the Environment. Merget has been appointed twice by U.S. Comptroller General, serving on his Research and Education Advisory Panel and the Educators' Panel. She co-chaired the Task Force on Outcomes at the United Way of America, is a founding member of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors and has been a consultant to the International City/County Management Association and numerous other governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. Merget graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mount Holyoke College and earned her master's degree and doctorate from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.


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