The advisory committee for selecting the next UCLA chancellor
will meet concurrently with the UC Board of Regents’
Committee on Educational Policy today to continue talks regarding
matters related to the appointment of UCLA’s ninth chief
executive.
University of California spokesman Paul Schwartz said the
concurrent meeting between the Committee on Educational Policy and
the advisory committee is “standard protocol and part of the
ongoing process” in looking for the next chancellor.
“Nothing will be finalized or announced at this
meeting,” he said.
The closed three-hour meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at
the Tom Bradley International Center.
The advisory committee, formed last December, has been
responsible for reviewing and interviewing prospective chancellor
candidates for the past seven months.
Five weeks ago, Deborah Freund, provost at Syracuse University,
was reported to be the top candidate and was said to have been in
salary and compensation negotiations with UC President Robert
Dynes.
However, Freund withdrew several days later, prompting the
advisory committee to reconvene and continue their work under a
tighter deadline, since current Chancellor Albert Carnesale is due
to step down from his position on June 30.
In an earlier interview, Alberto Pimentel, vice president at AT
Kearney, the firm hired to recruit candidates for the search, said
though the advisory committee will need to reconvene, they will not
have to start from “ground zero.”
The advisory committee forwards its recommendation to Dynes, who
will then present the regents with his selection for final
approval.
Though the next scheduled meeting of the regents is July 19 to
20, the regents could call a special meeting or teleconference at
any time to vote to approve a chancellor or discuss any other
business.
Voting on a candidate outside of regularly scheduled meetings is
not unheard of.
When approving Carnesale as the chancellor in 1997, the UC
Regents voted by teleconference.
According to a press release by the UC Office of the President,
seven regents on the advisory committee are members of the
Committee on Educational Policy.
Though this meets quorum for the Committee on Educational Policy
to convene and vote, no business relating to educational policy
will be discussed.