Montclair State University

Dean Search

The Search for the Next Dean of the Montclair State University School of Business - from the Chair of the Search Committee.

October 1, 2008

TO:           School of Business Faculty, Staff, and Friends

FROM:      Dr. Richard Peterson, Chair, Dean of SBUS Search Committee

SUBJECT: Progress Report #2 on the SBUS Dean’s Search

As I indicated in my first report to you last June, I plan, on behalf of the SBUS Search Committee, to provide the SBUS community with periodic reports about the progress of our work.  Thus, following our meeting earlier this month, I want to provide this update on our activities.

I am pleased to report that we remain on schedule for the search that was established late last spring when we began our work.  As a reminder, it is our goal to complete the search by the end of this semester with finalists scheduled to visit the campus in early December.  Although the committee still is in the recruitment phase of our process, we are encouraged by the quality of the developing candidate pool.  At our next scheduled meeting in mid-October, we expect to select several of the most promising candidates to learn more about them through reference checking by telephone.

We spent considerable time at our last meeting trying to refine our thinking about how we will evaluate candidates based on the desired characteristics in the Dean’s Prospectus.  (If you have not seen the Prospectus, it is posted on the SBUS web site.)  We also developed a rating form which will be used in our evaluation of candidates at each stage of the winnowing process.

If you have not already done so, we again urge you to submit to my attention your suggestions for outstanding prospects for this position no later than September 26.  We do not want to overlook anyone who could be a strong candidate to lead the School of Business at this exciting time in our history.

As indicated previously, the members of the SBUS Search Committee are pledged to maintain confidentiality about candidates.  Members of the committee will not provide identifying information about individual candidates nor respond to any inquiries about specific candidates.  We know you will understand our obligation to protect candidates from inappropriate disclosure.

Thanks to all for your cooperation and support of our efforts in this important search.

Dr. Richard Peterson
Chair, Search Committee
Chair, Management and Information Systems