More than 100 people have been nominated to assume GW's top post after University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg steps down in July 2007.
James Ferrare, a consultant with Academic Search Consultation Services - the private firm the University hired to aid in the search - said 102 names have already been suggested for the position, while many searches for vacancies in higher education only yield about 50 names.
"I am very happy with the response to the field of applicants," Ferrare said in an interview after his presentation at the Board of Trustees meeting Friday. "There certainly is a lot of interest."
"We thought it would be an attractive position based on the success of this administration," he said. "It has exceeded our expectations."
The University said it will not release the names of any candidates or nominees until later in the process. Ferrare said there is no official timeline of when a new president will be chosen. The committee is required, however, to pass nominees on to the full board by January, according to the search's Web site.
Chair of the Presidential Search Committee W. Russell Ramsey, who is also vice chairman of the Board of Trustees, said he is pleased with the way the search is going.
"Every single stage of this search has been above my expectations," Ramsey told the board. "Soon we will have a leader come in who will have a very big stamp on the future of this University."
Trachtenberg announced in April that he would be stepping down as the University's top administrator in July 2007.
Last spring the Board of Trustees, the University's highest-governing body, created a 14-member presidential search committee. Ramsey was appointed the chair of the committee, and in July 2006 the committee hired D.C.-based Academic Search Consultation Services to aid in the search.
Ramsey said he hopes to send final candidates to the full board by January 2007. The board will then choose the next University president.The search committee consists of nine trustees, three University faculty members, the president of the Alumni Association and the Student Association president.
James Ferrare, a consultant with Academic Search Consultation Services - the private firm the University hired to aid in the search - said 102 names have already been suggested for the position, while many searches for vacancies in higher education only yield about 50 names.
"I am very happy with the response to the field of applicants," Ferrare said in an interview after his presentation at the Board of Trustees meeting Friday. "There certainly is a lot of interest."
"We thought it would be an attractive position based on the success of this administration," he said. "It has exceeded our expectations."
The University said it will not release the names of any candidates or nominees until later in the process. Ferrare said there is no official timeline of when a new president will be chosen. The committee is required, however, to pass nominees on to the full board by January, according to the search's Web site.
Chair of the Presidential Search Committee W. Russell Ramsey, who is also vice chairman of the Board of Trustees, said he is pleased with the way the search is going.
"Every single stage of this search has been above my expectations," Ramsey told the board. "Soon we will have a leader come in who will have a very big stamp on the future of this University."
Trachtenberg announced in April that he would be stepping down as the University's top administrator in July 2007.
Last spring the Board of Trustees, the University's highest-governing body, created a 14-member presidential search committee. Ramsey was appointed the chair of the committee, and in July 2006 the committee hired D.C.-based Academic Search Consultation Services to aid in the search.
Ramsey said he hopes to send final candidates to the full board by January 2007. The board will then choose the next University president.The search committee consists of nine trustees, three University faculty members, the president of the Alumni Association and the Student Association president.
