Governing boards must actively work to ensure fair student outcomes, say two leaders at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
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In 2009, two nonprofits released a report on accreditation and governing boards amid worries about academic quality and accountability in higher ed. More than a dozen years later, they’ve updated it in response to a slew of new pressures that include threats to colleges’ independence.
A new bill exempts presidential searches at Florida’s public institutions from open records law, keeping candidates’ names confidential until the end. Faculty unions oppose such measures.
The board members who oversee America’s colleges and universities are still overwhelmingly white and male, though institutions have diversified their boards somewhat in recent years.
Three years after the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees was streamlined from 27 to 12 members through a controversial bill, the new board is being recognized for its accomplishments for the higher education system.