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…
University of Oregon Website, August 29, 2008
“Search for University of Oregon President”
http://president.uoregon.edu/pres_search/pres_search.shtml

New Mexico State University Press Release, August 26, 2008
“NMSU’s Presidential Search Committee Announced”
http://www.nmsu.edu/~ucomm/Releases/2008/august/
president_search.htm

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 Daily Reveille, February 27, 2008
“Chancellor Search Committee to Meet Monday”
http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/
news/2008/02/27/News/Chancellor.Search.Committee.
To.Meet.Monday-3237218.shtml

The Raleigh News & Observer, February 15, 2008
“Variety Rules UNC Search Pool”
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/higher_education/
story/946090.html

University of California Press Release, October 19, 2007
“Consultant Selected to Aid in Search for New UC President”
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/16600

The Daily Tar Heel, October 17, 2007
“Group Names Top Search Firm”
http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/index.cfm?event=display
Article&uStory_id=f6fe9b43-d3d6-4b4c-8f59-3e63f34bc65f



President compensation-related articles…
The Seattle Times, October 28, 2006
“Will $100,000 Raise Be Enough to Keep UW’s Emmert?”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003327591_
emmert28m.html?syndication=rss

The Des Moines Register, July 17, 2006
“Pepped Up Perks”
http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/mr/06/0721/perks.doc

The Harvard Crimson, November 16, 2004
“College Heads’ Salaries On Rise”
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=504520



Profile articles on Mr. Funk…
The Daily Tar Heel, February 15, 2008
“Funk Helps Narrow Field”
http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/
news/2008/02/15/University/Funk-Helps.Narrow.eld-3212996.shtml

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



Business School Dean article…
The Economist, April 27, 2006
“Business School Deans: Light on Their Feet”
http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_
id=6861901



Articles and press releases of general interest…
Inside Higher Ed, July 12, 2007
“Peripatetic President”
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/12/gee

The Boston Globe, February 22, 2006
“In Modern Academe, Leaders Face Spotlight”
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/02/22/
in_modern_academe_leaders_face_spotlight/

Cornell University News Service, August 5, 2005
“Cornell Presidential Search Committee Names Consulting
Firm to Assist In Identifying University’s 12th President”
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug05/Search.firm.sfm.html

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.