The next chancellor of the California State University system is likely to get paid more than the yearly salaries of the president of the United States and the governor of California combined.
What’s this highly paid public official expected to do? The job is to be the chief executive for the largest public university system in the nation, comprised of 23 campuses, almost 500,000 students, and about 56,000 employees. It awards nearly 130,000 degrees each year.
With so much power over a public institution, you’d think the chancellor is an elected position. It’s not.
But the California State University community and the public are not completely locked out of the decision-making process.
Why is the chancellor important?
The chancellor’s policies, tone, speeches, reforms, advocacy, and holding or not holding employees to account plays a big role in helping or hindering a person’s ability to enter the university, graduate with a degree, and start a path toward a stable, productive life.
What is the chancellor selection process?
There are two committees doing the chancellor selection legwork. They’re explained here. Basically, the Assessment Committee does the preliminary review and evaluation of candidates and forwards that to the Implementation Committee, which does a final evaluation. The committee members are a mixed bag of CSU trustees, employees, students, and campus administrators, among others.
The Implementation Committee will review resumes and make a short list of candidates in late spring. Finalists are expected to sit down with the board of trustees behind closed doors at its July meeting. And then, after great…
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