Analysis: As the Boise State search continues, a checklist begins to take shape

Analysis: As the Boise State search continues, a checklist begins to take shape

Boise State University’s stakeholders want many of the same things in a new president. They want someone who can handle the complicated politics of the job — the quagmire that defined Marlene Tromp’s six years at the helm. But they don’t want someone to tear the place apart; instead, they say the next president should build on Tromp’s successes heading the state’s largest university. The president’s search is going on largely behind the scenes —…