AGB in the News

With applications closing Monday in the search for the next president of the University of Iowa, one thing is certain: There’s work to be done.

Opponents of the plan to consolidate the state’s 12 community colleges, called Students First and initiated in 2017, spoke Tuesday in favor of legislation that addresses some of their concerns.

A committee searching for the next president of Williston State College will interview 11 candidates next week.

Rider students and members of the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Search Committee attended the student listening session for the position on Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.

Colorado higher education is at a crossroads. For decades, funding for Colorado higher education has not kept pace with inflation, and at the same time, the state’s student body has become increasingly more diverse.

U.S. colleges and universities stand to lose a collective $183 billion as a result of the pandemic, according to an analysis by Paul Friga, a public higher education consultant for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and a clinical associate professor of strategy at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

SUNY Erie is approaching the home stretch of its presidential search; UB has a new position in its pharmacy school; another local school is planning for a full fall opening amid coronavirus.

Wichita State community members gathered virtually Wednesday at the first two presidential search forums to share concerns, questions, and thoughts about the presidential search with AGB search representatives Sally Mason and Garry Owens.

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), the premier organization representing higher education governance, announced today that Robert King and Laurene Sperling have been elected as members of the AGB Board of Directors—joining 16 other distinguished individuals overseeing the association.

One national recruiting outfit, Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search, has become a magnet for such assignments — recently launching a variety of top leadership searches for California Institute of Integral Studies, Misericordia University, the University of North Dakota, Saint Mary’s College of California and a host of others.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees has been selected to receive a national leadership award from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.