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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED238358 AUTHOR: Nason, John W.; Axelrod, Nancy R.
TITLE: Presidential Search: A Guide to the Process of
Selecting & Appointing College & University Presidents.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 94 p.
AVAILABILITY: members).
ABSTRACT: A practical guide to the process of selecting and
appointing new college presidents is presented, based on a
literature reivew, questionnaire responses, and
institutional case studies. The following nine steps in the
process are examined: (1) establishing the machinery of
search and selection; (2) organizing the committee; (3)
formulating the criteria; (4) selecting the pool of
candidates; (5) screening candidates; (6) interviewing
candidates; (7) selecting top candidates; (8) appointing the
president; and (9) final tasks. Specific concerns include:
the choice of search and selection committee members, use of
professional help, public information and recordkeeping,
deriving presidential criteria from an appraisal of an
institution's present condition and future prospects, issues
to consider for private colleges and public four- and two
year colleges, legal requirements for presidential search
committees, and filing a summary report. In addition to
eight checklists for each step of the selection/appointment
process, supplemental materials include: a sample time
table, a sample institutional profile on which a
presidential search was based, a list of organizations that
will provide the names of female and minority presidential
candidates, interview procedures and questions, and sample
letters and memoranda. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Check-Lists; Committees
; Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Guidelines-; Higher-Education;
Institutional-Characteristics; Recruitment-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Administrator-Selection; *College
Presidents; *Competitive-Selection; *Employment-Interviews;
*Evaluation-Criteria
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