GODDARD NEARS END OF SEARCH FOR PRESIDENT

The Associated Press

PLAINFIELD -- The list of candidates to become Goddard College president has been narrowed from 85 to five, with a new top administrator expected to be named by the end of the month, according to college officials.

Over the last few weeks, final candidates have been streaming onto the rural Plainfield campus for two days of interviews with faculty, staff, administrators and students.

None of the final five candidates is a Goddard College graduate or lives in Vermont. All represent progressive institutions of higher education from around the country, "which is exactly what I had hoped for," search committee member Joshua Lichterman said.

'I felt it was important to get out of the ' traditional Goddard community in looking for a candidate. Goddard has in the last 20 years become increasingly insulated from the rest of the world.'
Joshua Lichterman
committee member

"I felt it was important to get out of the traditional Goddard community in looking for a candidate," he said. "Goddard has in the last 20 years become increasingly insulated from the rest of the world."

Finalists are:

• Jack Kytle of Yellow Springs, Ohio, a provost for the "School` of Adult and Experiential Learning and vice president for academic planning at Antioch (Ohio) University.

• Marilyn Stocker of Chicago, Ill., a fellow with the Association of American Colleges and a project fellow since 1989.

• Lewis Greenstein of Chevy Chase, Md., director of university relations and educational institutions liaison with the Peace Corps between 1988 and September 1989.

• David Seligman of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., an associate professor and associate dean of faculty at Skidmore College since 1982.

• Aaron Miller of Indianapolis, Ind., who has served as executive director of Universities Field Staff International since 1984.