The Western Kentucky University presidential search committee is meeting in closed session Thursday and Friday in Nashville.
The group is considering candidates to replace WKU President Gary Ransdell, who is retiring next summer after 20 years at the school.
The school has issued an agenda for the meetingsaying that the search committee will meet in closed session at the Nashville Airport Marriott to discuss applicants for the presidential position.
Kentucky law allows the search committee to conduct the hiring process behind closed doors,without members of the public or media present.
Some WKU employees have asked the search committee to conduct open meetings, and allow members of the community to meet with finalists before a decision is made.
