Akin Gump's Universities and Colleges Team pens
University Business article on reducing risk in the hiring
process.
University Business has published the article
"Beyond the background check," written by Akin Gump
litigation partner
Estela Diaz, senior counsel
Catherine Creely and counsel
Amanda Kane, all members of the firm's universities and
colleges practice (
click here to learn more). The article looks at the vetting
process that colleges and universities should employ when making
high-level hires, such as provosts, deans, coaches, athletic
directors or presidents.
The authors observe that a formal vetting system is necessary,
given the high costs associated "with finding, wooing and
securing high-level hires—and the associated consequences if
they fail." A comprehensive system of due diligence, they
write, "will allow the hiring decision-makers to understand
the legal, financial and reputational risks associated with these
hires."
