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AMES — A 12-member search committee charged with identifying Iowa State University’s next president is scheduled to meet next week to discuss in closed session the 78 prospects who applied.

The Board of Regents did not provide additional details about the more than six dozen applicants who filed their paperwork by the Sept. 19 deadline — including any breakdown by gender or experience in academia.

The committee will open its Oct. 6 meeting on the ISU campus with a brief rundown of the closed session process before taking the meeting offline. The committee then will spend an anticipated four hours evaluating the applicants before bringing the meeting into open session to discuss next steps.

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