Describes how the University of Tennessee's "textbook" search for a new president resulted in the debacle of John W. Shumaker, forced to resign amid allegations of financial and ethical improprieties. (EV)

Executive-search consultants are being hired to help fill posts in higher education from college presidents to development positions and deanships. Consultants perform a variety of services, from identifying and screening candidates to arranging flight schedules for campus visits. (MLW)

More authority for the search committees and more confidentiality for the candidates would go a long way toward filling some very important offices in American higher education. (Author)

Examines the search-screen-selection practices of colleges and universities searching for new deans. The examination is based on Bailey's two types of councils, elite and arena. (IRT)

Addresses the search process for administrative positions in student affairs and provides guidance to search committees regarding university policies, procedures, and practical concerns. The data presented covers procedures commonly used by search committees, views of the chairs concerning ethical issues, demographic characteristics, and…

Examines mistakes often made in administrative searches. Discusses qualifications, advertising, salary, and interviewing. Argues that hiring an administrator is not like hiring another faculty member and that it does not pay to save money on the search, to hire someone like the person who left, or to hire someone who is like other faculty members.…

Identifies key elements in a Florida university's year-long search and selection process for a provost. Highlights three narrative views of the process as integrated, differentiated, and fragmented. Concludes that search-committee members used differing interpretations as rhetorical resources for performing arguments to various audiences. (SR)

Important first steps in the search and selection process of presidents and chancellors are outlined by the director of the Association of Governing Boards' Presidential Search Consultation Service. Guidelines for a search, appointment of a search committee, staffing the search, timetable, and the board's charge to the committee are discussed.…

Discusses four issues for higher education institutions to consider if they employ consultants for presidential searches: (1) search consultants dominate the process; (2) they do not really expand the pool of applicants; (3) organizing the search process can be handled well by institutions themselves; and (4) consultants are inevitably placed in…

While the use of a search committee may be a more representative method, it may not be the most effective method for selecting a new president. The use of both a search consultant and a search committee permits the delegation of the "search" to the consultant and the "selection" to the committee. (MLW)

Offers candidates searching for an administrative position in higher education nine strategies for understanding the search process and for using the feedback it provides to maintain their self-efficacy. (EV)

This guide for trustees and search committee members who are involved in the process of selecting a college or university president provides background information and questions to ask when interviewing search consultants, as well as a directory of search consultants. An introductory section on selection guidelines covers how a search consultant…

Among the most crucial decisions made on college and university campuses are those that bear on the selection of new institutional leaders: presidents, vice presidents, deans, and department heads. Effective procedures for recruiting, screening, and nominating candidates for these positions are essential to the vitality and future of academia.…

This publication provides general background information and questions trustees and search committee members might ask as they interview search consultants to help in the search for presidents of institutions and it profiles search firms so that trustees and search committee members can make initial assessments as they look for consultants. A…

Offers several suggestions to help women seeking administrative posts, including to volunteer for committees and after-school jobs, join a few good professional and community organizations, apply for a special job such as director or evaluator, and publish something. (JM)