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The governor of Illinois has signed legislation that significantly restricts the extent to which public universities in the state can use search consultants in hiring, The Southern Illinoisan reported. The bill signed by Governor Pat Quinn was framed as a fiscal measure at a time of constrained state funds. “We want the best and brightest from across America to oversee our universities but recruiting should not come at the expense of the education of our students,” Quinn said in a news release. The law will let universities hire external firms or consultants only for hiring presidents or when a president and board "demonstrate a justifiable need for guidance from an individual or firm with specific expertise in the field of the hiring." A sponsor of the legislation referred to the use of outside search firms as "extravagances" that the state can "ill afford."
