Academic Search in the News:


Senior Consultant Dr. Susan Resneck Pierce recently wrote an article for Inside Higher Education entitled: How Candidates Can Stand Out (In A Good Way) (Inside Higher Ed)

Full History

In 1976, the presidential and trustee-based associations in Washington, D.C founded Academic Search Consultation Service. Their ambitious goal was to provide all colleges and universities with highly professional, individually focused search services modeled on best practices in other sectors – a new concept in higher education.

Success was immediate. As higher education’s first search firm, Academic Search wrote the book on how to recruit the best and brightest academic leaders through a process that fosters a successful appointment.

For over three decades Academic Search has built a dossier of premier clients and earned a reputation for integrity, efficiency, and confidentiality. Since 2004, we have completed 177 presidential searches plus 256 searches for executive senior administrators. These hard-earned successes speak to the teamwork that brings Academic Search and campus clients together in a shared goal of finding the right leader at the right time.

"Oldest” and “largest” mean a lot in a business where combined experience generates enormous advantages in contacts and networks, deep files, and candidate databases. With 32 search consultants on board, including 19 former campus presidents, Academic Search is consistently able to recruit rich pools of experienced, motivated, and qualified candidates.

We look forward to the opportunity to assist your college or university with its executive search needs and are eager to count you among the many satisfied clients we have served for more than 30 years.