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UNC chancellor ‘weighing’ departure for Michigan State University
Kevin Guskiewicz, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Thursday he is 'weighing' the opportunity to depart...
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Selecting a New President
What to do Before You Hire a Search Firm
March 1, 2016 by ACTA Download PDFThe most important job a board performs is the selection of a president. However, when a presidential vacancy occurs, boards are rarely prepared to undertake a search. This guide is designed to help trustees do the job right.
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Why Are So Many College Presidents Resigning?
The end of July brought a flurry of sudden presidential resignations. Over the course of a week, presidents stepped down at Stanford University, Texas A&M University, Seton Hall
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ACTA Delivers New Guidance for Assuring a Successful College President Search
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has released a new guide by Robert C. Dickeson, entitled Assuring a Successful College President Search: An ACTA Guide to Presidential Search, Screening, and Selection. One of the most important duties of college governing boards is to select the university president. According to a study by the […]
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Presidential search expenses amount to more than $315,000
At Friday’s special meeting of the Board of Regents, the next president of the University stood out as the man with the biggest beard in the front row. But short of that, very few members of the audience knew who he was before the regents proposed his appointment. Secrecy has become a staple of a […]
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Search firms now the norm for universities, but are they the best?
When universities need new leaders, they usually turn to search firms with deep connections and big price tags. The firms do anything from writing the job advertisement to helping search committees set priorities and recruiting and pre-screening candidates. If past searches are any indication, the cost for that help when the University of Nebraska launches […]
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Rethinking the Presidential Search
Earlier this year, Raymond J. Rice was chosen to be president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. No search firm was used to recruit him for the position, vet his credentials, and determine if he was a good fit for the job. No search committee picked his résumé from a broad and diverse […]
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