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Provost finalists to meet with campus community
By Jimm Phillips on 4/3/08
Four people, including Interim Provost Ivy Broder, will meet with the campus community in the coming weeks as part of the final stages of the ongoing provost search.
In addition to Broder, the other candidates for the position are: Scott Bass, dean of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Graduate School and vice president for research; Charles A. Johnson, dean of Texas A&M University's College of Liberal Arts; and Robert J. Thompson Jr., dean of Duke University's Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, according to an e-mail AU President Neil Kerwin and Search Committee Chair Bob Griffith sent to the AU community yesterday.
The committee received more than 100 applications and eventually interviewed 11 candidates before selecting the four finalists, according to the e-mail.
Each candidate will meet with different campus constituencies and groups, including student leaders, deans, Kerwin and members of the board's Academic Affairs Committee. They each will also hold a public meeting with the entire AU community, according to Griffith.
During each public meeting, the candidate will give a brief presentation and take questions from the public. Meeting participants will be able to give their feedback on response sheets after each meeting. The committee plans to give a great deal of weight to the public's feedback, Griffith said.
"We think all four of these candidates are well-qualified for the position and would make a good provost," he said. "We want to get a read from the campus about who they would prefer for the job."
Students and other people with AU log-in accounts can examine portions of each candidate's application - including references, letters of recommendation and curriculum vitae - through my.american.edu.
Griffith said the committee decided to post the information online so everyone could have a better idea of each candidate's qualifications.
"Even if people can't attend every meeting, they can get a read on what each candidate's strengths are," he said. "This is a continuation of our commitment to keep this process as transparent as possible. We want the whole community to participate."
In addition to Broder, the other candidates for the position are: Scott Bass, dean of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Graduate School and vice president for research; Charles A. Johnson, dean of Texas A&M University's College of Liberal Arts; and Robert J. Thompson Jr., dean of Duke University's Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, according to an e-mail AU President Neil Kerwin and Search Committee Chair Bob Griffith sent to the AU community yesterday.
The committee received more than 100 applications and eventually interviewed 11 candidates before selecting the four finalists, according to the e-mail.
Each candidate will meet with different campus constituencies and groups, including student leaders, deans, Kerwin and members of the board's Academic Affairs Committee. They each will also hold a public meeting with the entire AU community, according to Griffith.
During each public meeting, the candidate will give a brief presentation and take questions from the public. Meeting participants will be able to give their feedback on response sheets after each meeting. The committee plans to give a great deal of weight to the public's feedback, Griffith said.
"We think all four of these candidates are well-qualified for the position and would make a good provost," he said. "We want to get a read from the campus about who they would prefer for the job."
Students and other people with AU log-in accounts can examine portions of each candidate's application - including references, letters of recommendation and curriculum vitae - through my.american.edu.
Griffith said the committee decided to post the information online so everyone could have a better idea of each candidate's qualifications.
"Even if people can't attend every meeting, they can get a read on what each candidate's strengths are," he said. "This is a continuation of our commitment to keep this process as transparent as possible. We want the whole community to participate."
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