Presidential Search Timeline
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Projected Timeline |
Search Activities/ Events |
Participants |
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July 24 |
Search Committee Kick-off Meeting Introductions, search committee charge, legal overview, introduction of the search process |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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August 14th |
Search Committee Meeting— Calendar of events and presidential search website, including a link to the home page for meetings related to the search and information on the means of providing stakeholder input |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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August 29th (in person) |
Listening Sessions with leadership and key stakeholders to develop understanding of organization including history, opportunities, and challenges
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Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker Internal/ External Stakeholders |
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September 5th (virtual) September 6th (virtual - Open Session only) & September 9th (in person) |
Listening Sessions
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Search Committee Buffkin/Baker Internal/ External Stakeholders |
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Mid-September |
Develop recomm ended p osition crite ria for appro val by BOT De ve lop m arketing p lan for submission to BOT Conduct compensation analysis and e stablish a rang e of comp e nsation for approval by BOT |
Buffkin/ Baker |
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September 25 |
Search Committee Meeting to approve the position criteria and marketing plan |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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Mid-October |
Submit position criteria to BOT for approval Submit marketing plan to BOT for review Submit range of compensation to BOT for approval |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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October - January |
Place advertisements Search Committee meetings as determined by the Chair Identify individuals, consistent with the position criteria, who may apply, be nominated, or recruited to produce a pool of qualified applicants Vetting applicants |
Buffkin/ Baker Search Committee |
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December |
Search Committee Update Meeting Introduction of Committee to secure candidate portal |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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January/ February |
Review of candidate slate- the committee reviews, as soon as possible but no later than seven (7) days prior to the interview of any applicant, available public records and online resources in order to narrow the pool of qualified applicants who will be invited to participate in interviews with the search committee. Determine, under the position criteria, the applicants to be interviewed by the search committee, which may be accomplished, for example, by categorizing applicants from highly qualified to unqualified and conducting a ranking or series of rankings of the applicants to determine where there is consensus. Any ranking process must be completed by search committee members, during a meeting, on the record and where contemporaneous discussion of such rankings can take place Determine format and parameters for applicant interviews |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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January/ February |
Interviews with Search Committee— conduct first applicant interviews, based on the format and parameters set forth by the committee |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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January/ February |
Search Committee recommends unranked list of final applicants to BOT |
Search Committee Buffkin/ Baker |
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January/ February |
Conduct preliminary background checks and reference checks On campus meetings with finalists Final interviews with BOT |
FAU Campus and Community Board of Trustees Buffkin/ Baker |
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February/ March |
Additional interviews as needed Select a final qualified candidate under the position criteria as president-elect for recommendation to the Board of Governors Draft employment contract in consultation with the Board of Governors General Counsel Seek Board of Governors confirmation |
Board of Trustees Buffkin/ Baker |