{"id":17020,"date":"2019-10-18T16:23:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17020"},"modified":"2023-06-28T10:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:17:45","slug":"agb-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/agb-search\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost Of Hiring A College President"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Heidi Perez-Moreno and Corbin Bolies<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The hunt to find Eduardo J. Padr\u00f3n\u2019s successor has been filled with uncertainty, but one thing is clear\u2014it will be costly.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Oct. 7, the Board of Trustees selected AGB Search to continue looking for the College\u2019s fifth permanent president<\/span><\/a>. They voted 6-0 with trustee Benjamin Leon III absent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The academic firm, based in Washington, D.C., will charge a third of the incoming president\u2019s salary and $16,000 in consultation, lodging and advertising fees. The cost of working with AGB Search<\/span><\/a> could surpass $182,000, based on a $500,000 compensation package for the new president used to negotiate the initial contract with Diversified Search.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAGB Search is delighted to be selected as Miami Dade College’s search partner for the College’s presidential search,\u201d said AGB Search Associate Managing Principal Melissa Trotta in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to bringing forward a diverse and talented pool of candidates for the Search Committee to consider, and ultimately, to the identification of the ideal leader to guide Miami Dade College into its next chapter of excellence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Miami Dade College was stuck with a $167,739 bill after Diversified Search conducted the original probe. It failed to yield a successful candidate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, MDC could shell out more than $350,000 to find a new president. Although funding used for the search can\u2019t cover student tuition, it could hypothetically pay for 82 students to take 36 credits during the fall, spring and summer semesters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"AGB Search<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The firm will work for five months and provide an additional year of transitional support for the incoming president. If a candidate is not selected, they promise to continue the search and waive their retainer fee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In their written proposal to the College, AGB Search outlined that they typically hold semi-finalist and finalist interviews held by the Search Committee off campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

The firm is currently conducting eight presidential searches in the U.S, including for the University of Nebraska, Nazareth College and Concordia University in St. Paul. They have facilitated eight presidential searches at Florida institutions. Last year alone, they assisted with the selection of Broward College\u2019s president, Gregory Adam Haile, and are currently conducting Barry University\u2019s search.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ironically, they also helped install Paul Broadie II as the president of Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Fla. Broadie was one of four finalists in MDC\u2019s first presidential search.<\/span><\/p>\n

They charged Broward $123,919 for a four-month search. Fees included a $90,000 contracted amount and the remaining $33,919 used for consultation, travel, lodging and recreational expenses, according to invoices <\/span>The Reporter<\/span><\/i> obtained from Broward College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey did more homework on MDC than the other two,\u201d Vice Chair Carlos Migoya said at Monday\u2019s meeting. \u201cThe energy and interest in working with us is stronger than anyone else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The terms of the contract have not been finalized, though it is expected to be completed by the end of the month, according to Vice Provost Iliana Castillo-Frick. So too is the outline of the process itself, with workshops necessary to work out the terms.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of working with the Board in conjunction with AGB to develop the parameters,\u201d said Chairman Bernie Navarro. \u201cI think community input is very important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Diversified Search<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

In the initial search, the College was billed a $150,000 retainer fee that was split into three separate payments.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, Diversified Search received three additional payments from MDC that totaled $13,500 for research and office expenses. The search firm also charged $4,239.10 for <\/span>consultant expenses; that covered travel and food incurred by either the candidates or employees of Diversified.<\/span><\/p>\n

The headhunting firm\u2019s Managing Director Kim Morrison billed the College for her travel, including stays at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay and the InterContinental Hotel. She spent $122.19 to eat filet mignon, parmesan scallops and vegetable platters at the InterContinental Hotel\u2019s restaurant, <\/span>Toro Toro<\/span><\/i>, on March 20 and May 29.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Diversified also charged MDC for gas mileage accrued by the firm in meeting with the Search Committee, parking by Morrison for her car in Philadelphia\u2014where she\u2019s based.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Morrison and Diversified did not respond to multiple requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

After five months, the Board decided to reboot the search, pointing toward the need for a wider pool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever you do a search, there\u2019s always a potential you may have to do a second or third search depending on the candidates, so that to me was not a slap in the face,\u201d said Migoya in an August interview with <\/span>The Reporter. <\/span><\/i>\u201cI think what we\u2019re saying is, \u2018you guys have done a great job with what you came up with, but let\u2019s go see if we can find some other candidates.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The funding for the presidential search comes from the College\u2019s professional and legal fees expenditures, part of the operating budget. The 2018-19 figure totaled $2,764,921, six percent of which was used for the presidential search.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPresidential searches are very special things that only happen once in a while,\u201d said Director of Communications Juan Mendieta. \u201cWe\u2019re not hiring the manager of a mom-and-pop store, no disrespect to them\u2014we\u2019re hiring the president of one of the most important colleges in the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost Of Business<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hiring search firms to find the executives that run educational institutions is common in today\u2019s academic landscape. The Florida College System Trustee Manual outlines that most two and four-year colleges hire search firms to recruit and screen candidates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A 2015-16 George Mason University study found that 92% of public and private colleges and universities used search firms to conduct president or chancellor searches.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost a mantra with search firms that the only way you could get the best qualified candidate is by using a search firm because [they] claim to have a huge list of presidential potential,\u201d said Judith Wilde, one of the researchers on the study and chief operating officer of the Schar School of Policy and Government at GMU.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The study examined 61 contracts in 32 states and found that base fees ranged between $25,000 and $170,000 with a $90,000 average.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are seeing, in the years since that, is quite an increase in the cost,\u201d Wilde added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost is often measured in four factors\u2014base fees, expenses, services and administrative fees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilde <\/span>said, from her experience, firms that have a well defined timeline, cost and process have a higher selection success rate. Cost is often not a deciding factor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not an issue of price,\u201d said Interim College President Rolando Montoya shortly after the Board heard pitches from three firms on Sept. 24. \u201cCost is not important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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