Parker Executive Search, the same firm that ran UO’s search, is in charge. In comparison to UO, the Iowa search team had a full complement of faculty, selected by the faculty senate and not by the administration. And they’re bringing 4 candidates to campus, including the sitting president of Oberlin and the provosts of Ohio State and Tulane. The 4th is a former VP for IBM with no academic experience, and apparently that and the fact that Parker dissolved the committee before the campus visits, apparently to limit faculty input to the board, has some faculty upset. Story here, links to Parker’s work at UO here.
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