### Clue: College administrator skinned bear (4)
### Answer: URSA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: bear
 "bursar"(a college administrator, in this case, one who manages the college's financial affairs) **minus ****its 1st and last letters**(skinned).
Defn: … in Latin, as used in the name of Ursa Major, aka the Bear, a conspicuous constellation of stars.