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What do COOs do? (And Why It Matters at LMU)

Reading Time: 3 minutesLet’s start with a fair question.

Most people have a general sense of what a university president does. Many people can describe the duties of a chief financial officer. But the COO role is newer in higher education than it is in the business world—until something breaks, a process stalls, or a big moment comes up, and suddenly everyone wants to know who’s responsible.