The committee's chairman, Regent and former state legislator Larry Walker, announced the shortened list on Monday.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/VNfAcM) that Walker didn't reveal names of the nine candidates, but said all are currently in the academic world.
Officials said several have experience at large land-grant universities like UGA, and five are current college presidents. They said three are provosts, and one is the dean of a large school in a public university.
Current UGA President Michael Adams has said he will step down at the end of June.








