Paul Haught, the University's vice provost for faculty, graduate and professional education, is currently serving as UD's interim provost.
Haught joined the University in Jan. 2024 as associate provost for graduate academic affairs and professional education. He has led improvements in graduate admissions; including migrating graduate admissions to graduate academic affairs and centralizing key admissions functions, such as communications, credential review and fraud detection. Haught also has led expansion of bachelor’s-plus-master’s pathways and the introduction of the alumni advantage grant for UD alumni pursuing a master's degree, doctoral degree or advanced graduate certificate. He also co-chairs UD's faculty handbook revision committee and serves on the Ohio Department of Higher Education chancellor’s council for graduate schools.
Prior to his role at UD, Haught served as vice president and chief strategy officer at Christian Brothers University in Memphis Tennessee. At Christian Brothers University, Haught was responsible for the establishment of its graduate school, which includes engineering, health science and business, and CBU's online Global College, which is equivalent to professional studies at UD. Since 2020, CBU's graduate school has experienced 400% enrollment growth in its masters degrees in engineering management and computer information systems. At CBU, Haught also served as vice president for academics, dean of the School of Arts and chair of the department of religion and philosophy at CBU.