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<p>The principal is the <a href="/facts/Chief_executive/mg4A8y5M">chief executive</a> and the <a href="/facts/Provost_(education)/C0cKfIKM">chief academic officer</a> of a <a href="/facts/University/skaJt2Io">university</a> or <a href="/facts/College/fW5cuvPJ">college</a> in certain parts of the <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_of_Nations/TcIRQnNq">Commonwealth</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>, the principal is the <a href="/facts/Head_of_school/6BGcRPTn">head of school</a> at most pre-university, non-boarding schools. </p>