This spring, CIC published Hiring and Supporting a Pioneering President, a resource for governing boards, presidents, and presidential candidates at independent colleges and universities. The document was deeply informed by a convening of CIC member presidents and their board chairs. It is designed as a resource for independent colleges and other higher education institutions that intend to hire and support “pioneering” presidents—that is, presidents who are the first people to bring specific, sometimes but not necessarily visible, and institutionally relevant identities to the role.
The document contains themes, advice, resources, announcement planning, and useful conversations and questions to ask throughout the hiring process by all involved stakeholders (trustees, search firms, candidates, and pioneering presidents). The full toolkit can be found on the Hiring and Supporting a Pioneering President page on the CIC website.