{"638277":{"#nid":"638277","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Search for Georgia Tech\u2019s Next Provost Moving Forward","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe international search for Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s next provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs continues to move forward, though it is following an extended timeline due to logistical challenges imposed by the pandemic. Conditions permitting, a final decision is expected during the fall semester, with the goal of having the Institute\u0026rsquo;s next provost in the role no later than January 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe provost oversees all of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s academic enterprise, including the Colleges, educational innovation initiatives, the Library, international relationships, professional education, and enrollment. The search follows Provost Rafael L. Bras\u0026rsquo; announcement in January that he intends to step down from the role after a decade of leadership. Bras will remain at Georgia Tech as a professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He is also the first Tech faculty member to hold the K. Harrison Brown Family Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe firm Heidrick \u0026amp; Struggles is assisting with the search, supporting the work of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2020\/03\/05\/search-commences-georgia-tech-s-next-provost\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eadvisory committee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, including co-chairs Charles Isbell, dean and John P. Imlay Jr. Chair of the College of Computing, and Susan Lozier, dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair of the College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs was announced in the spring, the search is being conducted in a semi-public manner. To increase candidate privacy and maximize the effectiveness of the search, the names of the finalists will not be announced publicly; however, representatives of the faculty, students, and staff selected by the relevant governance groups had the opportunity to meet the finalists in a confidential setting and provided feedback to the search committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConditions permitting, a final decision is expected during the fall semester, with the goal of having the Institute\u0026rsquo;s next provost in the role no later than January 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Conditions permitting, a final decision is expected during the fall semester, with the goal of having the Institute\u2019s next provost in the role no later than January 2021. "}],"uid":"27165","created_gmt":"2020-08-24 18:22:10","changed_gmt":"2020-08-24 19:30:55","author":"Susie Ivy","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"626946":{"id":"626946","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1569936680","gmt_created":"2019-10-01 13:31:20","changed":"1569936680","gmt_changed":"2019-10-01 13:31:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238702","name":"13C10000-P14-013 (1).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13C10000-P14-013%20%281%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13C10000-P14-013%20%281%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1021326,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/13C10000-P14-013%20%281%29.jpg?itok=sOou3cIb"}}},"media_ids":["626946"],"groups":[{"id":"62300","name":"Office of the President"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EQuestions may be directed to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:GTProvost@heidrick.com\u0022\u003EGTProvost@heidrick.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}