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Presidential Searches
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AAUP Policy, Statements, & Reports
Confidentiality and Faculty Representation in Academic Governance (2013)
Faculty Participation in the Selection, Evaluation, and Retention of Administrators (1981)
Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities (1966)
Report on the Use of Executive Recruiters in Presidential Searches (1997)
Other AAUP Resources
Statement on Presidential Searches (2015)
Investigative Reports Relating to Presidential Searches
Report on College and University Governance: University of Iowa (2015)
Academe Articles on Presidential Searches
Data Snapshot: Data Trends in Faculty Participation in Presidential Searches (Winter 2020)
By Hans-Joerg Tiede
Rebuilding “Iowa Nice” in Shared Governance: From Sanction to Collaboration (Fall 2019)
By Sandra Daack-Hirsch, Frank Durham, Russell Ganim, Edward Gillan, and Justine Kolker
The Cost of Closed Searches (Spring 2019)
By Frank D. LoMonte
Ohio AAUP Chapters Contend with Secretive Searches (Spring 2019)
By John T. McNay
Weathering a Presidential Pseudo-Search (May-June 2017)
By Andrew Pieper
The Well-Tempered Search: Hiring Faculty and Administrators for Mission (May-June 2001) Available on JSTOR
By Patricia T. Van Der Vorm
University Presidential Searches: Exercises in Secrecy or Shared Governance? (September-October 1997) Available on JSTOR
By Dennis M. Clausen
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