Board of Visitors minutes :: September 14, 1973 :: University of Virginia Library

BOARD OF VISITORS UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE 22903 SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE NOMINATION OF A PRESIDENT 14 September 1973

Organizing the Search

The Reports of the Faculty and Student Committees

The Screening Process

The Nominee

APPENDIX A

Appendix A The Overloaded Condition of the Presidency

Appendix B The President's Term

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX A

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Appendix B
The President's Term

A presidential appointment for a stated term (5 to 7 years) subject to renewal, is an idea favored by a number of faculty members and administrators. The key administrative appointments within the University below the President are now made for five-year renewable terms. There is much to be said for putting the Presidency on that basis. Periodic assessment and renewal of appointment would give a renewed confidence and sense of purpose to the President, while the periodic suession of incumbts would make the change of Presidents, for whatever reason it came about, less traumatic for the University. Without taking a firm position, we bring this idea to the Board for its consideration.