November 10, 2008

Colleges Said to Have Big Blind Spots in Presidential Searches

By Peter Schmidt

Jacksonville, Fla.

Colleges lag behind corporations when it comes to having the information they need to pick their top leaders, a group of prominent presidential-search consultants told education researchers here on Friday.

The search consultants, who were convened for a panel discussion by the Association for the Study of Higher Education, told the group’s members that their work was complicated by a lack of empirical research comparable to what exists in the business world.

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