I’m less concerned with the fact that UNC always seems to pick candidates who come from other states than the cost of the search. If App State needed a new chemistry professor, e.g., the school would just advertise the position and dozens of applications would pour in. Then, the candidates would be evaluated by the current members of the department and a choice made. No need for an outside consulting firm. So why spend $100K or more on having an outside firm screen candidates for chancellor? Maybe to keep alive the fiction that the administrators are just so darned busy that they can’t take any time away from their crucial jobs to evaluate applicants?