OSU presidential search tops $600K

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Newly released documents show Ohio State University spent more than $600,000 on the search for its new president.

Expenses included $85,000 for an ad in the New York Times, $186,000 for private jet service and about $231,000 for an executive head-hunting firm.

The documents released Tuesday also show $36,000 paid to a retired Harvard professor for consulting services.

The seven-month search ended in January with the selection of University of California, Irvine chancellor Michael Drake as the 15th president of OSU.