UNC-CH seeks extraordinary leader

The News & Observer

Oct. 8, 2007

Jane Stancill, Staff Writer
CHAPEL HILL - A new leader will take over UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008, just in time to manage a growth spurt, recruit 2,000 faculty members in eight years and tangle with the town over the development of a new research campus called Carolina North.

The successor to retiring Chancellor James Moeser will need management skills, political savvy and respect for the revered traditions of academia. It's a high-profile job that draws scrutiny from students, parents, professors, politicians, sports fans and more than 250,000 living alumni, not to mention millions of state taxpayers.... This month, a 19-member committee will start the task of finding someone with the ability to run a complex university with an annual budget of $2.4 billion, raise money and be the public face of a treasured state asset. The national search is expected to take months. Click here to read more....