The searches we conduct are typically for senior, important positions at the nation’s best known and most highly regarded institutions. As a result, our consultants are often sought-out to comment on issues in higher education and our searches are often the subject of media interest. Our consultants are contacted very frequently and have been quoted in such national publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Harvard Crimson, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Economist, Trusteeship Magazine, The Boston Globe, Public Purpose, Nature Magazine, Cleveland Plain Dealer, The New Yorker Magazine, and a myriad of other publications.

We have provided the web link to a selected number of articles in this section to give you an insight into our firm and consultants and the nature of our work. A number of the articles are quite recent and others may be a little older, but all have been carefully selected to reflect the breadth and reach of our work and to speak to topics of interest. We hope you find these articles interesting.

Recent search announcements…
Charlottesville Daily Progress, August 25, 2009
“UVa Panel Starts Hunt for Next President”
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/education/article/
uva_panel_starts_hunt_for_next_president/44454/ /

Georgia Tech Website, August 12, 2009
“Search for New Ivan Allen College Dean”
http://www.iac.gatech.edu/faculty-and-staff/search-for-new-dean

Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 22, 2009
“U. Va. Presidential Search Committee Named”
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/education/article/
UVAA22_20090721-212803/281307/

The Augusta Chronicle, July 10, 2009
“Search Committee Announced to Select MCG President”
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_700144.shtml

The News & Observer, June 27, 2009
“Headhunter who found Thorp will find UNC-CH a provost”
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/story/1585489.html

University of Kansas Press Release, May 29, 2009
“Board of Regents Make Historic Selection for KU Chancellor”
http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/may/29/chancellornamed.shtml

The Oregonian, March 13, 2009
“Richard Lariviere Named Next UO President”
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/lariviere_
named_next_uo_presid.html

Lawrence Journal-World, January 15, 2009
“Committee Named to Find Replacement for KU
Chancellor Hemenway”
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jan/15/committee-
named-find-replacement-ku-chancellor-hem/

Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia,
August 11, 2008
“Georgia Tech President Search Committee To Begin Work”
http://www.usg.edu/news/2008/081108.phtml

2theadvocate.com, June 2, 2008
“LSU chooses Martin”
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/19447554.html

University of North Carolina Gazette, May 12, 2008
“Rising to the Challenge”
http://gazette.unc.edu/search-committee.html

San Francisco Business Journal, March 21, 2008
“U. Texas Boss Tapped New President of U. California”
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/
03/17/daily43.html?ana=from_rss

University of South Carolina Press Release, March 18, 2008
“Top Recruiting Firm Retained to Assist in Presidential Search”
http://uscnews.sc.edu/2008/03182008-ADMN_Web011.html


The Chronicle of Higher Educdation, May 27, 2005
“The Matchmaker” (cover article)
http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i38/38a00101.htm

D’ Magazine, January 1, 1998
“SMU’s $350 Million Gamble”
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3862/is_199801/
ai_n8801551

In September 2005, Mr. Funk authored an article for Trusteeship Magazine which has become the seminal treatise on how Boards should approach Presidential searches. We are frequently asked for copies of this article and are providing the link here for those who wish to read it.