Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNINGAGENDAGOVERNANCENovember 14, 2007Page 2 of 579C. Advertisement Schedule, AdThe Commissioner search consultant shall develop the position advertisement anda general schedule for the search in consultation with the Commissioner and withthe approval of the Board Search Committee.D. Campus Screening Search Advisory CommitteeIn a search for an IEO, the Commissioner shall appoint a C campus ScreeningSearch Advisory Committee, as well as a chair of such committee. The CampusScreening Search Advisory Committee shall be representative of the variousconstituent groups of the university, including faculty, staff, students, alumni,foundation representatives, and members of the community. In a search for aCommissioner, the Board may seek advice from appropriate individuals orgroups, including any search consultant hired by the Board.E. Recruitment, Interviews, SelectionRecruitment of C candidates recruitments may occur up to the point of selection,but candidates will be advised to submit their materials by a specified date toinsure optimum consideration for the position.F. Candidate ScreeningThe Campus Screening Search Advisory Committee, working with the consultantif one is used, shall narrow the field of applicants to no less than five candidatesfor an IEO position. Those names shall then be submitted unranked to theCommissioner. If no consultant is used, the Search Advisory Committee shallwork with the Commissioner to narrow the list of candidates. The Commissionershall then forward those IEO candidates’ names to the Board Search Committee.The Commissioner shall then forward those IEO candidates’ names to the BoardSearch Committee. The Board Search Committee may then select which of thosecandidates will participate in initial on-campus interviews to be conducted by theCampus Screening Committee. Following the on-campus interviews, theCommissioner shall gather feedback from the Campus Screening Committeeregarding the interviews. The Commissioner shall next report to the BoardSearch Committee on the feedback obtained following the on-campus interviews.The Board Search Committee, in consultation with the Commissioner, shall thenrecommend two final candidates to be interviewed by the Board.In the alternative, the Board Search Committee may elect to conduct the initialIEO candidate interviews in lieu of allowing the Campus Screening Committee toconduct same. In the event the Board Search Committee elects to conduct theinitial interviews, the Board Search Committee may interview those candidates itselects from the unranked candidate list provided by the Campus Screening11/13/2007