tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300956.post-2810088071473660332008-07-11T17:29:00.004-05:002008-07-11T17:37:42.745-05:00Regular readers will know that Texas Tech's choice for a new president has been a topic of great concern for me.<br /><br />Last week Tech announced the <a href="http://www.umkc.edu/">University of Missouri at Kansas City</a> chancellor Guy Bailey has been named the sole finalist for the position (<a href="http://today.ttu.edu/2008/07/sole-finalist-named-for-texas-tech-university-president/">read news release here</a>).<br /><br />I do not know much about Bailey personally, but everything that I have read sounds very promising. He seems to have great potential as a president.<br /><br />This bodes well for <a href="http://www.ttu.edu">Tech</a>'s future and relieves a great deal of anxiety for me.<br /><br />However, I <a href="http://commcognition.blogspot.com/2008/06/secret-finalists-hurt-open-government.html">still strongly oppose</a> the process of a sole finalist. It is my conviction that multiple candidates must come to campus, and there must be dialog with the entire campus community.<br /><br />In this case, the choice of a president is a bit like sausage: I like the end product, but I am not too fond of the way it is made.Samuel D. Bradleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14650475595508748959noreply@blogger.com