Chat with AGB Board BotThe University of Illinois Board of Trustees today released the leadership profile for the system’s next president, formally launching the national search for the 21st leader of one of the country’s premier public university systems.
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The new president will succeed Tim Killeen, who announced he will step down on June 30 after more than a decade leading the U of I system.
Board of Regents launches high-cost search for UW leadership, students share hopes for future leadership
AGB (Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges) is hosting a seminal conference titled “The Governance Challenge in College Athletics – Mission, Finance, and Board Oversight” from November 10-11, 2026 in Washington DC.
There’s no new name yet for Queens University of Charlotte, even though Elon University officially took control late last month, an Elon spokesperson told The Charlotte Observer.
Higher education in the United States and the faculty members central to its mission are under unprecedented, destructive, and sustained attack, part of a larger assault on democratic governance, civil society, and knowledge itself.
The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), which champions excellence in university and collegiate governance, presented its 2026 “Exceptional Agency Award” to the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) on July 14.
Even after being ousted as the Virginia Military Institute’s first Black superintendent last summer, retired Major General Cedric Wins said Monday at a higher education-focused conference in Washington D.C. that by helping to examine and improve governing boards for Virginia’s public colleges and universities on a state commission, he is committing another act of service.
Even after being ousted as the Virginia Military Institute’s first Black superintendent last summer, retired Major General Cedric Wins said Monday at a higher education-focused conference in Washington D.C. that by helping to examine and improve governing boards for Virginia’s public colleges and universities on a state commission, he is committing another act of service.
The University’s Board of Visitors looks far different today than it did even two years ago.
The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC), a collaborative of the nation’s six largest federally recognized institutional accreditors, recently convened a National Data Summit to explore opportunities to improve existing data frameworks to better promote transparency and outcomes-oriented accountability in higher education.
When it was announced that MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz was leaving to go to Clemson University, most of us were shocked and greatly disappointed.