UNC system President Erskine Bowles says he's a big believer in transparency.
But he but won't recommend openness when it comes to finding the next leader for N.C. State. That, he said, could discourage top candidates from seeking the chancellor's job.
Bowles, who has been open about recent troubles the university, said this week, "It's my responsibility to make sure we get the best candidates possible to run N.C. State, or any of the campuses."
During the last search for a UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor, Bowles said, several candidates would not have participated if their identities had been released."One is today still running a major university and had that person's name been made public, they would not have allowed us to consider them as a candidate," he told reporters and editors at The News & Observer.
"My job is to get the best field, and to try to make the best decision from that field, and I think if we have to make their names public it would reduce the quality of the field," he said.
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