The Academic Enterprise at ASU
The Office of the Provost leads the Academic Enterprise at ASU, encompassing all academic efforts that empower degree-seeking students and support faculty engaged in teaching and research at the university.
Meet the Provost Leadership Team
The Academic Enterprise is led by a community of creative and impassioned scholars and higher education innovators. In our research and scholarship, we advance new knowledge that benefits the world. In our teaching, mentorship and design of diverse learning experiences, we prepare our students to achieve their goals and contribute their talents to an ever-changing, globally connected world.
Nancy Gonzales, PhD Executive Vice President and University Provost Get to know Provost Gonzales
An academic community powered by the ASU Charter
A faculty of leading experts
Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur Fellows and National Academy members are among the 4,919 faculty members researching and teaching at ASU.
A community of exceptional students
ASU students are enriching their lives and making a positive impact on the world through academics, research, community involvement and entrepreneurial ventures.
A top-ranked research university
ASU continues to rise in national and global rankings with programs from a breadth of academic disciplines ranking among the world’s best.
A university experience designed for today’s learners
Learning is a universal human experience, but how we learn is personal. ASU strives to design a university experience that can fit within the diverse needs of 21st-century students. While some students seek a fully on-campus living and learning experience, others enroll through online offerings providing them the flexibility to balance the goal of earning a degree alongside their other priorities. Regardless of modality, all ASU degrees and experiences are customizable to meet students where they are on their academic journey.
News from the Academic Enterprise
Poet Natalie Diaz wins Pulitzer Prize
Topping the headlines again, Arizona State University Associate Professor Natalie Diaz has been awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection “Postcolonial Love Poem,” which has been described as “an anthem of...
ASU moves up nearly 30 spots in QS World University Rankings’ list of top US institutions
QS World University Rankings has released its list of the top universities in the United States, with Arizona State University moving up nearly 30 spots to No. 62 from last year’s position.
ASU names Battinto Batts new dean of Cronkite School
Battinto Batts Jr. has held a number of dynamic jobs over the past few decades, and he’ll soon make a new addition to his curriculum vitae: dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU.