Govern with confidence.

AGB empowers 40,000 members from more than 2,000 higher education universities, colleges, and related foundations to navigate complex issues, implement leading board governance practices, streamline board governance processes and operations, and govern with confidence.

Browse the tabs below to learn more about our latest resources and priority initiatives.

Identify and assess strategic leadership.

• Engage AGB Search to find your next leader.
• Explore best practices for board and presidential assessment in the AGB Knowledge Center.
• Learn how AGB Consulting facilitates comprehensive assessments.
• Get started with the Board Self-Assessment Tool, included in your membership.

Is your institution’s business model sustainable?

• Explore FAQs on how to increase competitive position or attract partnership interest.
• Learn how to improve governance and institutional prosperity  through modern strategic planning.
• Start the conversation in your boardroom.

Strengthen your partnership to foster trust, transparency, and impact.

• Explore our Institution-Foundation Partnership Toolkit.
• Use a memorandum of understanding to clarify how the foundation will fulfill its mission and support the mission of its institution.
• See how a community college and its foundation worked together to advance collaboration.

Ensure board oversight of equitable student success.

Board focus on success for all students is a moral imperative and a fiduciary duty.

A call to higher education governing boards.

American democracy and our nation’s role as a beacon of hope and leader of the free-market economy are in jeopardy.

• Read the Trusteeship magazine article.
• Listen to the podcast.
• Explore the Higher Education as a Strategic Asset initiative.