What is a Provost and what does a Provost do? Don t look for the answers on the bookshelf. There is scant literature devoted to the Provost-ship for which the author advances a number of hypotheses so, until this informal and autobiographical account, there has been little for aspirants or new appointees to draw on for guidance or to provide a feel for what the role entails.Larry Nielsen offers a highly personal account of his tenure as Provost of North Carolina State University, from his unexpected invitation by the Chancellor to act as interim Provost, to the events that forced his...