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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION PLAN
On April 27, 2005, the Board of Trustees of Martin University met with the consultant, Dr. John Phillips, and approved the Martin University Presidential Succession Plan.
This Plan which will be referred to as MUPSP, is divided into two parts:
- Authorizations by the Board of Trustees
- The Succession Plan
It is the purpose of this text is to reveal the essence of this Plan with its specifics.
A. Authorizations by the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees wishes to involve the entire University community in the Presidential process (i.e. Trustees, Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni). The Board of Trustees has authorized the Trustee Succession Planning Committee (TSPC) and the University Cabinet (UC) to recruit candidates and services of a Search Counsel in the 05-06 year to provide expert staffing for an 18 month term 7/06 to 12/07. Also, the TSPC and UC will constitute a 12-15 member Campus Steering Committee that will review materials about candidates, and evaluate materials relative to the values and characteristics preferred in the new President. The Board of Trustees will appoint a faculty person as chair and a staff person as vice chair to narrow the choices to the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees will select six to nine members from its own body and select a chair and vice chair. To prevent the two committees screening and selection going in opposite directions, the chair and vice chair will serve on both committees.
The Campus Screening and Trustee committees should jointly recruit one or two honorary members representing the Indianapolis community at large.
B. The Succession Plan
The TSPC and UC will seek a Search Counsel who will develop the official "Position Specification" with a buy in by the TSPC and UC before presenting the document to the Board of Trustees and Martin community. The Search Counsel will work with the Board of Trustees and the University Cabinet to share the "Position Specification" with a broad variety of groups, such as The Chronicle of Higher Education and Black Issues in Higher Education that might respond to the criteria posted in the "Position Specification."
TIMELINE
The Search Counsel will work with the TSPC and UC to design the criteria of service on the Campus Screening Committee so that he can be seated and begin work in October 2006. The six to nine member Trustee Selection Committee (TSC) will be seated by October 2006. Members from the community can become a part of the TSC but cannot vote.
During the months of November and December 2006, the Campus Committee and Trustee Committee will pursue candidates by soliciting answers to key question, confidential checks of references, and possible confidential interviews.
From January to September 2007, there will be a continual rolling process to take place so that by October 2007 the three or four confidential candidates will be selected. By November or December 2007, the selection will be made and made public at the proper time.
January 1, 2008, the new President comes into office and will receive an annual evaluation thereafter following the "Position Specification."