EMU narrows presidential search to 4 candidates

Wanted: Man or woman to take Eastern Michigan University to the next level. The university’s leaders are closer to picking a president now that the list of candidates has been narrowed to four finalists.

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The list of four finalists for the president’s job at Eastern Michigan University looks a tad unconventional — with a trial judge, a former Detroit school leader and the state’s top K-12 educator in the mix – but the board that initiated the search designed it that way.

“It is a very eclectic pool, when you look at the backgrounds of these people,” said Jim Stapleton, cochair of the search committee and a member of the EMU Board of Regents.

“Any of these four candidates … would be a good president.”

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