But some believe that students and faculty should have a stronger voice in the selection process.
Unlike Harvard, other universities have opened up their presidential search process in recent years, allowing students and faculty to participate.
Stanford included senior Kristen A. Torres on the search committee that selected John L. Hennessy as the university's 10th president this April.
Brown is currently using a two-tier system, with a joint student-faculty committee participating in the search process and providing input to the main search committee.
Brown anthropology professor Lina Fruzzetti, who is serving as vice chair of Brown's 13 member Campus Advisory Committee, said that a university should include faculty in the search process.
"Ignoring the voices of the faculty is a serious mistake," Fruzzetti wrote in an e-mail message. "We, after all, are the heart beat of the university."
Fruzzetti said that being involved in interviews and the selection of candidates allows faculty and students to see what direction a new president will take the University.
"The new person will have to address our concerns," Fruzzetti wrote. "We need to hear what the academic mission is of the new person."
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