Must be able to make decisions that affect thousands of citizens. Applicant must be willing to be in control of billions of taxpayer dollars.
Pay is more than most other state-appointed officials get.
State law and University policy currently protect all applicants in executive personnel searches from public scrutiny. But the time of closed-door chancellor searches must soon pass. As you read this, a 13-member chancellor search committee is screening potential chancellors. They are protecting the candidates' identities, claiming that confidentiality is essential because those candidates already have established positions elsewhere. This apparently could be a problem for applicants because they don't want their current employers to know that they are considering leaving their positions.