Rodrigues’ letter acknowledges that FAU was not aware of the questions. “Gathering candidate data and summarizing the most important elements is one way we support our clients.” “The value of a search firm comes from our expertise and our ability to help search committees find the best talent,” he added. Candidates do not have to state any personal pronouns. When it comes to the pronoun question, McDavis said the survey “provides an opportunity for candidates to state their personal pronouns. Responding to the survey is entirely voluntary.” “Other search firms use similar surveys to collect demographic information about the candidates in their own search pools. “We use the survey to provide our clients with demographic information about candidates,” McDavis said in an email.
Rod McDavis, Managing Principle and CEO of AGB Search, the firm hired by FAU, told the Sun Sentinel Saturday that the questionnaire is a “general, routine survey that is used in all our executive searches” and “no other clients have questioned the use of our survey.” We didn’t even know it was done,” he said. He said the search committee was not aware of the questionnaire cited in Rodrigues’ letter and that the questionnaire was run by a search firm the university hired, the information collected by them anonymous. Rodrigues wrote in his letter that the questions about sexual orientation, gender and pronouns were “wholly irrelevant, inappropriate and potentially illegal.” The meeting where candidates were ranked in unofficial votes “may run afoul” of state statute pertaining to public records and meetings exemptions for university and college president applicants, Rodrigues also wrote.įAU’s Levine told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Friday evening that general counsel has guided the committee through the selection process and “we are convinced that we have run a clean, appropriate to the letter of the law, search.” They were set to speak at forums on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.ĭeSantis ally Randy Fine did not make the final selection for FAU President so now DeSantis appointed Board of Governors (BOG) who oversee the State University System are freezing the entire search process. Naval Academy Michael Hartline, dean of the College of Business at Florida State University and Jose Sartarelli, Ph.D., former Chancellor of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The university publicly announced three finalists earlier this week: Vice Admiral Sean Buck, superintendent of the U.S. The letter said Rodrigues’ office “received concerning information,” including that search committee members conducted a straw poll to rank their six preferred candidates out of a list of nearly 60 and that one candidate said a questionnaire asked if his sexual orientation is “queer” and that another survey asked whether his gender is “male, female or other” and what pronouns he uses. State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues sent a letter to Brad Levine, chairman of both the FAU Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Committee, citing “anomalies that have been alleged in the Florida Atlantic University presidential search.” The letter, dated Friday, was posted on social media Friday evening. Just days before the three finalists for Florida Atlantic University’s next president were set to speak at public forums, the search stopped in its tracks.
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