Editorial: Universities should end farce of selecting sole finalists for president

The ongoing controversy related to the University of Colorado’s designated finalist for president demonstrates one important fact: It’s time to end the farce of Colorado universities designating sole “finalists” for crucial university positions.

Colorado State University in March named Joyce McConnell as the sole finalist to become the Fort Collins-based university’s 15th president.

The University of Northern Colorado in Greeley in April 2018 named Andrew Feinstein as the sole finalist to become UNC’s next president.

And the University of Colorado in April named Mark Kennedy as the sole finalist to become president of the…