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News
Chancellor Search Drawing Near
Fayetteville State
University recently moved a
step closer to getting our new
chancellor
The university’s board of
trustees met in closed session
for two hours to hear
recommendations from its
search committee.
No action was taken when
the board went back into
open session.
Board Chairman James
Burch said after the meeting
that the names of finalists
would be submitted to
University of North Carolina
system President Molly
Broad for consideration.
Burch did not say how
many names would be
submitted. The committee
said earlier that three names
would be sent.
Burch said FSU’s search is
ahead of schedule. The
deadline for getting the
recommendations to Broad is
April 15.
Last July, Chancellor
Willis McLeod announced
plans to resign effective July
1,2003, or after his successor
is appointed. He has been
chancellor since 1995.
McLeod said he plans to
take a one-year sabbatical to
do research on the
achievement gap between
minority students and white
sttidents. He said he hopes to
fill an endowed professor’s
position in FSU’s School of
Education later.
Veronica Biggins of
Heidrick & Sttaiggles of
Atlanta attended Thursday’s
meeting. The trustees hired
the firm last fall to help
screen applicants and narrow
the field to about 20.
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Willis McLeod will leave his post in July.
The search committee
interviewed candidates
before narrowing their
selection for the trustees. The
committee agreed last fall not
to identify final candidates.
In other business, the
board voted to offer interim
men’s basketball coach Sam
Hanger a 3-year contract with
a $72,000 annual salary and
made recommendations for
changes to tenure-track
faculty appointment policies.
The recommendations, if
approved by the UNC Board
of Governors would change
initial appointments for
assistant professor from two
one-year appointments
followed by one two-year
appointment to two two-year
appointments.
Initial appointments for
associate professors would
change from two one-year
periods to one two-year
period.
Full professor
appointments would change
from the current three one-
year periods to one three-year
appointment.
Courtesy of The
Fayetteville Observer
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