Turnover at University of Illinois results in $6 million spent on search firms
Source: Chicago Tribune Posted By: Len W...4607 days ago
The University of Illinois has spent almost $6 million on search firms over the last nine years to fill open positions as it increasingly turns to outside firms instead of relying on faculty search committees to find candidates.
For example, The (Champaign) News-Gazette found that the university paid a search firm $190,000 when the law and business colleges needed new deans in 2008. The university then paid another firm $200,000 when the first search didn't turn up a suitable candidate before....