CIC CAOs and the presidency

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/07/20/cao

http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Do-Few-Provosts-Want-to-Be/123614/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

http://www.cic.edu/projects_services/infoservices/CICCAOSurvey.pdf

Compared to other CAOs, CIC CAOs are younger (average 57), more satisfied with their jobs, and less interested in being a president (primarily because they see the work of a president as being unsatisfying). A bit confusingly, however, they also stay in the job for less time (average of only four years), typically going back into the faculty or moving to another institution in a similar role.