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Welcome to the UIC Office of the Provost and
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

R. Russell Betts
Vice Provost for Planning and Programs

The Vice Provost for Planning and Programs reports to the provost on issues related to integrated planning and assessment of institutional quality.

His responsibilities include working with the deans, department heads, faculty and others in the evaluation of academic units, accreditation issues, strategic planning and the evolution of UIC’s academic programs.

Betts, who joined UIC in 1994, was senior physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. He previously taught physics at Oxford and Yale universities.

He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Oxford University and a master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

R. Russell Betts bio

Office of the Vice Provost for Planning and Programs Staff