Chat with AGB Board BotThe higher education sector is undergoing a period of unprecedented change. Artificial intelligence is becoming ubiquitous, forcing colleges to respond to its impact on the job market and its growing use by students, faculty and staff.
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Higher education’s system of shared governance—the decades-old arrangement under which faculty hold primary authority over curriculum, hiring, and academic standards while boards and administrators oversee finance and operations—is being tested from nearly every direction in 2026, and the outcome will shape how American colleges and universities make decisions for years to come.
Hampshire College increased its endowment draw to 9% in its final years. Lesley University has spent more than 8% annually for a decade. Experts say drawing on an endowment is a risky game for colleges and universities.
Former elected officials are increasingly filling the role of college president, especially in red states where dissatisfaction with higher …
Colleges and universities faced one of their most challenging years in 2025 from declining enrollment, dwindling federal funding and headline-grabbing struggles with the second Trump administration.
Colleges and universities faced one of their most challenging years in 2025 from declining enrollment, dwindling federal funding and headline-grabbing struggles with the second Trump administration.
A trustee asked me this month why so many smart presidents keep leaving before a campus learns their names. It isn’t a mystery. In each case the governing board was as central to the failure as the person who resigned.
Intercollegiate athletics is changing at a breathtaking pace. Recent profiles of Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, in the New York Times and the Sports Business Journal, offer a useful illustration.
Colleges are paying presidents more than ever as boards compete to retain experienced leaders capable of navigating higher education’s headwinds.
The search for the University of Illinois System’s next leader remains on track to wrap up by the end of 2026, officials say.
Dropping birthrates and visa restrictions may explain part of the decline, but rising tuition costs and debt may be an even bigger factor
Dropping birthrates and visa restrictions may explain part of the decline, but rising tuition costs and debt may be an even bigger factor