Chancellor search persists
Searching for a new chancellor
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Sept. 7, 2005 Chancellor Albert Carnesale announces plans to step down on June 30, 2006.
Dec. 2, 2005 An advisory search committee is named by UC President Robert Dynes.
Dec. 8, 2005 The first search committee meeting
is held.
March 10, 2006 The committee narrows down candidates, and UC spokeswoman Linda Williams said the “goal is not to exceed the March deadline.”
Early May, 2006 Freund withdraws from candidacy, citing “family conflicts,” but search committee members said the search will not have to start from scratch.
June 16, 2006 Norman Abram is named interim chancellor while search continues.
Oct. 16, 2006 The most recent search committee
meeting is held.
Monday marked another meeting day for members of the Chancellor Search Advisory Committee to discuss candidate recommendations of those vying to be the next UCLA chancellor. For just shy of a year, the advisory search committee has continued its work to review applicants for the chief executive position with the purpose to eventually forward a recommendation to UC President Robert Dynes. Dynes is then expected to forward that recommendation to the UC Regents for final approval. “The meeting (Monday) was a regularly scheduled meeting, and the process is confidential, so what was discussed is private,” said Paul Schwartz, a spokesman for the University of California Office of the President. “Things are proceeding well, and the president is hoping to be able to recommend a permanent chancellor to the regents before too long,” he added. The search firm hired to solicit candidates has said the search process is kept confidential to protect the privacy of the applicants interested. The firm also said that keeping the process confidential appeals to desirable, higher-caliber candidates. Eleanor Brewer, a search committee member, said the “search is ongoing.” Brewer also said she is pleased to hear positive feedback about current interim Chancellor Norman Abrams and the work he has done so far, referring to Abrams’ admissions policy changes and active role in protecting faculty and the research they wish to do. “This allows the committee to continue its job” without haste, Brewer said. Dynes appointed Abrams, a UCLA professor emeritus of law, as the interim chancellor effective July 1, 2006. Abrams has been a UCLA law faculty member since 1959 and has taught in the areas of federal criminal law, anti-terrorism law and evidence. Monday’s meeting was held via teleconference to “consider matters related to the appointment and employment of a new chancellor,” according to the publicly posted agenda. The meeting date was made public to comply with the pertinent open-meeting laws, but it was not open to the public. Though the confidentiality of the process has been criticized, earlier this year the committee held forums to allow people to discuss the characteristics they would like to see in the next chancellor. In late April a candidate’s name was leaked – Deborah Freund, provost at Syracuse University. But that was not pursued because only days later, Freund withdrew from the race citing “family conflicts.” Alberto Pimentel, the vice president at A.T. Kearney, a search firm hired to recruit candidates, said the committee did not have to start from “ground zero” and that they are in “good shape” with respect to progress. The goal is to forward a recommendation before the end of the academic year, according to UCOP.
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