Oxford’s chancellor has a 10-year tenure and, as the titular head of the university, oversees the committee, which selects the vice chancellor who runs day-to-day operations.

Teaching in Oxford, England, began no later than 1096. Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded in 1325. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images: Public domain and Txllxt TxllxT ...