The document discusses the presidential search process in Adventist higher education institutions, highlighting its importance in engaging stakeholders and enhancing organizational relationships. It points out the lack of research and the need for improved procedures in selecting college and university presidents. Methodologically, it employs appreciative inquiry to explore effective practices through the involvement of various participants including governing boards and educational experts.

1. PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH PROCESS AMONG ADVENTIST
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:AN APPRECIATIVE
INQUIRY
RANZOLIN G BAYETA

2. BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH PROCESS
 Selection of the new president (Bromert, 1984)
 Provides the constituent with a sense of social
involvement (Birnbaum, 1988)
 Strengthen the relationship of the board to the
campus stakeholder and create a collective moment
of reflection on the future of the organization
(Watkins-Haye, 2015)

3. STATEMENT OF
THE PROBLEM
 “Little research attention has been focused on
understanding formal leader selection processes in
organizations” (Carnes, Hougton, & Ellison, 2014)
 “The recruitment, search, screening, selection, and
appointment of college and university presidents is an
elongated process that urgently needs renovation”
(Fincher, 1997)

4. STATEMENT OF
THE PROBLEM
 “There is no more important time than NOW to
consider serious process improvement steps that take
much of the guesswork out of presidential search”
(Thornburgh, 2019)
 Presidential search be studied for greater understanding
among higher educational practitioners and researchers
(Lingerfelter, 2006)

5. METHODOLOGY
 APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY.“cooperative co-evolutionary
search for the best in people and their organization…it
involves the discovery of what gives life to a living system
when it is most effective, alive, and constructively capable”
(Cooperrider,Whiteney, & Stavros, 2008)
 Participants: Governing board, education experts, past and
present college presidents, teachers, and students