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Search For New Nicholls President Cost $87,000
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — A report from Nicholls State University says the search for a new president cost about $87,000.
Nicholls Executive Vice President Larry Howell tells The Daily Comet the university regards the expense as money well-spent.
The University of Louisiana System paid more than $63,400 of the bill to hire Bruce Murphy.
Murphy formerly was vice president for academic affairs at Air University in Alabama.
The expense included $49,500 paid to the search firm, R.H. Perry and Associates, more than $5,500 for advertising and more than $8,300 for travel and meetings.
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