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 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

Lawrence Journal World & News, May 29, 2009
“Provost at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Named
KU Chancellor”
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/may/29/regents-select-
introduce-kus-17th-chancellor-3-pm-/

The Houston Chronicle, May 29, 2009
“New Mexico Educator Top Pick to Lead UH-Downtown”
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6447806.html

The Miami Herald, May 28, 2009
“U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta to Head FIU Law School”
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1068986.html

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

Georgia Institute of Technology Press Release,
February 25, 2009
“Peterson Named President of Georgia Institute of Technology”
http://www.gatech.edu/president/search/

St. Petersburg Times, January 23, 2009
“Dallas Firm to Handle Search for New Chancellor of Florida
Universities”
http://www.flbog.org/pressroom/newsclips_detail.php?id=4502

Kansas Board of Regents Press Release, January 16, 2009
“Board Selects KU Chancellor Search Committee Members”
http://www.kansasregents.org/download/KU%20Presidential%
20Search/011609%20-%20Press%20Release%20-%20KU%
20Search%20Committee.pdf

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 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




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

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.