November 4, 2005

Outside Chance for Insiders

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

A CHRONICLE SURVEY: WHAT PRESIDENTS THINK

Unlike most leading businesses, colleges favor external candidates for their top jobs

For all the talk about how higher education is becoming more like business, some of the most admired attributes of corporate culture are not catching on within the academy.

Studies consistently show that the most successful companies hire their chief executives from within and that they spend a lot of money and energy grooming senior-level

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