Web site to aid in chancellor search

The search committee elected to find the next Bloomington campus chancellor has assembled a Web site to aid in the process. The committee will nominate three candidates by December to President Adam Herbert, who will then make the final selection said Trevor Brown, retired Dean of the School of journalism and chair of the committee.\n"We don't think this is going to be a lifetime employment for us as a search committee," Brown said. "My hope is that we will be able to present the president with the three candidates that he has asked us to."\nBrown said the Web site, which can be viewed at www.chancellor.iub.edu/search, is just one more way the group is seeking to get the word out and attract viable applicants for the position. The committee has also been aided by the help of Jerry Baker from the professional search firm Baker Parker and Associates in Atlanta, as well as using the mail, nominations from third parties, and advertisements in several publications.\nBrown said he sees this as one arm of the search rather than a particularly special part.\n"The Web site is not a particularly special way," he said. "It's just one more of several ways of which we try to get this information out, and it's a convenient way."\nBy making the announcement online, Brown said that beyond announcing the position, he hopes the Web site will give applicants better preparation for speaking about the job and IU. He said that this is not a reflection on the quality of the present applicant pool.\nBrown said he doesn't think the Web site will attract a different sort of person.\n"I don't think we're targeting the Web site at a particular kind of person." Brown said. "I don't think there's a particular kind of candidate that goes to Web sites ... The purpose of the Web site is to help all candidates know what the job is all about and get some information about IU."\nBrown said this process is taking no longer than the last search for former Chancellor Sharon Brehm, who stepped down from her post last year. He said in the past it has taken about a year to find a suitable candidate.