The second provost, Al Carnesale, is now the chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles--the equivalent of president.
And earlier this year, Stanford selected its current provost, Hennessy, as its next president.
But many--including Carnesale-- consider Harvard's provostship weak compared to other schools'. At most universities, the provost is the chief academic and operating officer--at Yale, for example, deans of all schools report to the provost.
At Harvard, the chief academic officer is Rudenstine, and the deans of all the faculties report to him.
"The provost position at Harvard is not a strong position, let's not kid ourselves," Carnesale said in an interview earlier this month. "I think it's quite true that university presidents come from the ranks of provosts, but it's not particularly common that it's at the same university."
"You don't select presidents just by promoting the provost," Carnesale added.
Carnesale added that Harvard's provost is more like a deputy president than a chief operating officer.
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