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From compensation studies to success stories, survey data and industry trends, you'll find detailed information of interest to clients/candidates. We encourage our clients and candidates to review the following copyrighted materials and to share them via email with their associates.

Industry Surveys/Reports

Non-CEOs moving into CEO roles: Placement Study Report
Each year, Witt/Kieffer provides an overview of its work in healthcare, higher education, academic medicine, IT and other executive search clients. This study features Witt/Kieffer placements by organization and job type, along with compensation and benefits. Eight pages.

Book a Witt/Kieffer Speaker
Book a Witt/Kieffer search consultant for your next seminar or special event.

College and University Presidents/Trustees Report More Succession Planning
Colleges and universities have been slow to adopt formal succession planning, but awareness for this important practice is increasing. Four-page report.

Developing the Next Generation of Enrollment Officers
Talented and experience enrollment leaders are essential partners to institutions, particularly in troubled economic times.

How Higher Education Candidates Navigate the Executive Search Process
Search committees are stretched to the limits, but executive search firms can add value to the search process for candidates. Four-page report.

Presidents and Chancellors React to Economic Impact on Higher Education
Current economic conditions are having short-term effects on the state of higher education, and will have a lasting impact.

Succession Planning and Leadership Transition Practice
Talent management is among the most important work a hospital or system or a college or university does. Four-page fact sheet.

Leaders' Profiles

ACE President Molly Broad; Transforming the Public View of Higher Education
As the first woman President of the American Council on Education, Molly Broad is transforming higher education as an investment in the economic well-being of the country.

John W. Barr Brings Poetry into the Mainstream
Chicago foundation president seeks mainstream appeal for poetry in America. Two-page profile.

Siobhan Reardon: First female CEO views challenges as opportunities
Siobhan Reardon seeks new roles and untapped opportunity for the Free Library of Philadelphia. As the first woman president, she faces challenges head-on and encourages development of new ideas. Two-page profile.

Congressman Doug Bereuter
Altruistic leader generates international good will as The Asia Foundation's president.

News Releases

Former University Presidents Neff and Will Join Witt/Kieffer Education Search Practice
Katherine H. Will, Ph.D., president emerita of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, has joined Witt/Kieffer as the practice's newest executive search consultant. In addition, Jeanne H. Neff, D.A., president emerita, the Sage Colleges, Albany and Troy, NY, is the newest member of the firm's Education Leadership Council.

Tools to Support the Search Process

Administrative Searches in the Recession
The economic downturn has had an impact on nearly every aspect of executive search. Witt/Kieffer consultant, Jean Dowdall, Ph.D., writes about the impact on administrative opportunities and searches in this article. Three- page article.

Association/Not-for-Profit Executive Search Practice
Witt/Kieffer consultants are ready to identify and recruit association and not-for-profit organization leaders.

Enrollment Search Practice
Witt/Kieffer recruits experienced enrollment officers who provide strong leadership and strategic direction to their colleges and universities.

Presidents Emerita Named to 2009 Education Leadership Council
Witt/Kieffer is proud to welcome Thomas Jackson, president emeritus of the University of Rochester, NY, Jeanne Neff, president emerita of The Sage Colleges, Albany and Troy, NY and Edward Nicholson, president emeritus of Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA as members of the firm's Education Leadership Council.

Witt/Kieffer Education and Not-for-Profit Practice
Search consultants offer added value to that provided by a college/university search committee alone. Eight-page brochure.

Information Technology Practice
Witt/Kieffer consultants identify information technology leaders in higher education. Two-page fact sheet.

Financial Executive Search
Witt/Kieffer brings in-depth understanding of higher education and academic medicine to the search for finance leaders. Two-page fact sheet.

Advancement Search Practice
Talented advancement leaders - those with expertise, experience and a network of contacts - are vital to an organization. Two-page fact sheet.

Academic Medicine Executive Search Practice
Academic medicine requires innovative, superior leadership. Witt/Kieffer seeks out these dynamic leaders with an academic medicine team that includes physician executives and nationally-recognized healthcare and higher education search consultants. Two-page fact sheet.

Career Development Tools

What a Candidate Ought to Know
This candidate primer explains how to work with Witt/Kieffer consultants. Six pages.

360° Support for the 24/7 President
Board members can help sustain the well-being of those who hold down today's demanding academic presidencies. Four-page article, written by John K. Thornburgh.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Columns
Jean Dowdall has written a series of useful articles for leaders in education. These columns originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and are available online at: www.chronicle.com/jobs

Executive Performance Books

The People First Approach: A Guide to Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining the Right People
In this new book, search consultant Jon Croteau, Ed.D. examines the importance of building - and retaining - advancement teams in higher education and not-for-profit institutions.

Searching for Higher Education Leadership
This new book by search consultant Jean Dowdall addresses the challenges of executive search in higher education.