UM system president search continues

The University of Missouri has been searching for a new system president after Tim Wolfe stepped down in November 2015 amid racial tension and campus protests.

Since then, curators have formed a search committee and enlisted the help of a Boston-based recruiting firm Isaacson, Miller.

The firm specializes in finding candidates for key positions in higher education institutions around the country.

According to the firm’s website, it is handling more than 160 different searches for college and university positions, with 24 of those being for the office of president, or CEO of the institution.

ABC 17 News reached out to Isaacson, Miller for a comment, but didn’t get a response.