In preparation for semi-finalist interviews, the search committee for the next dean of UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences drafted questions on Thursday about budget cuts, shared governance and the college's diversity to ask the candidates.
Pramod Khargonekar, chairman of the committee and College of Engineering dean, said the group would interview 11 candidates at the Hilton UF Conference Center today, Saturday and Sunday.
Twelve semi-finalists were invited to interview, but one declined, Khargonekar said.
To come up with interview questions, he said the 10-member committee considered suggestions from CLAS faculty and inquiries from other UF searches.
After some debate, the committee decided to ask every candidate the same questions rather than asking the two candidates from CLAS - Interim Dean Joe Glover and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Allan Burns - different questions.
"Our main concern was to treat all candidates equally," Khargonekar said.
The committee will meet Wednesday to choose three to five finalists.
The list of finalists will be presented to UF Provost Janie Fouke, and Fouke will take over the search from there.
