Attached is the progress report from the Chair of the Presidential Search 
Advisory Council on which Richard Brown sit.  If you have any questions or 
comments, please feel free to contact either of us.

Lala

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>Date:         Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:06:41 -0500
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>Subject:      [UTCSTAFF] Presidential Search Progress
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>The University of Tennessee Presidential Search Advisory Council met in
>Nashville to conduct a preliminary review of candidates for the
>Presidential search, nominated through the web site and position
>advertisements.  Nearly 100 nominees were contacted by the search
>consulting firm of Korn/Ferry and apprised of the search process and
>position qualifications.  Of the declared candidates, Korn/Ferry selected
>the top 15 candidates from this group for the Search Advisory Council to
>screen.  This group included individuals with a wide variety of academic
>backgrounds, including some with ties to The University of Tennessee.
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>This group of 15 semifinalists will be narrowed to a smaller number based
>on evaluations by each member of the Advisory Council.  Candidates were
>evaluated based on qualification criteria developed by the Council.
>Korn/Ferry will tabulate these evaluations and announce the results the
>week of December 17.
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>In addition to this pool of applicants, Bill Funk of Korn/Ferry is
>continuing to recruit additional candidates who prefer to keep their
>candidacy confidential until the final stages of the search.  The
>evaluation process used with these candidates will be similar to the
>process used for the first round of candidates screened by the Search
>Advisory Council.
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>As future steps, the Search Advisory Council and Korn/Ferry anticipate
>interviews and reference checks for all finalists.  In late January, the
>finalists selected by both the Council and Korn/Ferry will be made public.
>The Trustees will make the final appointment for The University of
>Tennessee President.  Governor Sundquist serves as chair of the Trustees'
>Search Committee.  In addition, he has extended generous staff support for
>the search.  The Governor's commitment to an open and inclusive search
>process has been demonstrated by the broad and diverse representation of
>the Search Advisory Council, by the selection of a nationally recognized
>search consulting firm, and by efforts to communicate broadly with
>constituents and the press.
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>Carolyn Hodges, Chair
>Search Advisory Council


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