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The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) is the only national association that serves the interests and needs of academic governing boards, boards of institutionally related foundations, campus CEOs, and senior-level campus administrators on issues related to higher education governance and leadership.

AGB is committed to citizen trusteeship of American higher education. AGB strengthens and protects this country's unique form of institutional governance through its research, services, and advocacy. AGB serves more than 35,000 individuals including:

  • trustees and regents
  • presidents and chancellors
  • public university and college foundation CEOs
  • university and college board professionals
  • senior-level administrators (officers for academic affairs, development, enrollment management, finance, institutional research, student services, and legal counsel)

AGB serves more than 1,200 member institutions--universities and colleges of all types (independent and public, four-year and two-year, general and specialized) plus public university and college foundation boards.

Our Purpose

AGB advances the practice of citizen trusteeship and helps ensure the quality and success of our nation's colleges and universities. To do so, AGB delivers programs and services that

  • strengthen partnerships between presidents and governing boards
  • define and clarify the responsibilities of governing board members
  • provide guidance to trustees, board leaders, and campus leaders in their governance-related roles
  • encourage a level of professionalism for trusteeship, a voluntary function
  • monitor issues that affect higher education and governance and provide guidance for boards and campus leaders
  • foster cooperation among all education stakeholders

Core Membership

AGB's members are primarily the governing boards of regionally-accredited degree-granting independent and public universities and colleges, professional schools, seminaries, and theological schools in the United States and its territories.

List of Current AGB Members

Membership Application (Institution)

Membership Application (Institutionally-affiliated Foundation)

Dues Schedule

Member Benefits

Trusteeship: AGB's membership bi-monthly magazine reports trends, issues, and practices in higher education to help board members and chief executives better understand their distinctive and complementary roles and to strengthen board performance.  Mailed in hard copy and also online for members only.

AGB Knowledge Center: The Knowledge Center offers focused, succinct resources about governance including podcasts, videos, FAQ's, and access to the governance database. Members can search the database online or contact the Knowledge Center reference librarian.

Board Education and Consulting Services (BECS): AGB's board consulting services cover a wide range of key governance challenges for private and public institutions as well as institutionally related foundations. Contact BECS to set up an engagement, or take advantage of our complimentary consultant-on-call service, a confidential members-only service that provides you with an opportunity to discuss a pressing governance issue or concern with an AGB expert during an hour-long consultation.

Benchmarking Service: Available by subscription to AGB members only, AGB's Benchmarking Service is an interactive online tool which allows subscribers to get comparative data from IPEDS in an accessible, fast, graphic form which boards can use.

Conferences and Workshops: AGB's conferences and workshops provide new and experienced board leaders with information they need to strengthen their institutions and the opportunity to network, share insight and experiences, and learn from each other.

Research and Initiatives: AGB's research and initiatives focus on strengthening current governance operations and procedures and on helping to define and clarify emerging best practices.

Privacy Policy

AGB keeps all information about member institutions and the individuals served by the association strictly confidential. The association does not sell or rent access to its members for any reason.

For more information, contact membership@agb.org or call 202-296-8400.