UT Chancellor Search

The University of Tennessee's search for a new chancellor will cost more than $100,000 to pay for a search firm, candidate travel expenses and advertising in national publications. The months long search will see its first on-campus visits this as two of the five candidates will be in Knoxville this week for interviews and public forums. David Young, senior vice president of academic affairs at Arizona State University, arrives Monday. Jennie Hunter-Cevera, president of University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, is scheduled to arrive Tuesday. Records obtained from the university show that the bulk of the expenses are for Parker Executive Search in Atlanta, which will get $75,000 plus expenses. UT officials hope to have the new chancellor in place by spring 2009. Chancellor Loren Crabtree left the position in January.