Re-thinking the university president hiring process in the face of overwhelming proof of past failures. To this proposed alternative approach, we suggest openness and transparency in the vetting of candidates.

"KSU is guilty of some seriously flawed presidential searches. Note that the last search, done by outside, alleged 'professionals,' gave us three seriously flawed candidates! And we paid for these.

"Something must change.

"The last several presidents have been found through a very expensive search done by one of the so-called 'professional' search organizations, who charge an exorbitant amount for performing an extraordinarily easy, routine task. Any experienced faculty member vetting the resumes of those individuals would have immediately rejected them. Unfortunately, we hired Rev./Dr. Brown.

"Apparently, no one bothered to check about Brown holding a second job as senior minister of a church in Las Vegas where he ministered every Sunday. Also, did anyone vet the alleged 'professional' search group?

Its unclear how much of the past faculty committee hiring process Dr. Green describes was transparent. There is an growing recognition that an open hiring process yields better outcomes and that arguments supporting secret hiring processes are flawed.