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VMI search consultants hear insistence on balance, fundraising and better communication
Summary
At a Lexington listening session, the search team and stakeholders highlighted six priorities for the next Virginia Military Institute superintendent — balance among military, academic and athletic missions; improved communication and transparency; unification of campus communities; fundraising capacity; visible leadership; and political savvy.
Search consultants leading the Virginia Military Institute superintendent search told a community listening session that responses to an outreach campaign and follow-up meetings have converged on a handful of priorities for the next superintendent.
"I don't ever remember getting almost 1,500 response," the search consultant (Speaker 1) said, summarizing the public survey and noting that about "70% of those were alums." The consultant said those survey results matched themes heard in stakeholder meetings.
Committee participants repeatedly raised concern that the institute's military emphasis had become "out of balance" with academics and athletics. "We need to find a superintendent who can create 28 hours a day," a participant who met with the academic board (Speaker 4) told the group, a remark offered to underline the time pressure on…
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