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WASHINGTON, DC (September 15, 2026)—Governing boards must ensure they understand the rapidly changing financial, legal, and strategic college sports environment.
Terry Fritter kicked off a Sept. 10 discussion about what community members want in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s next chancellor by commenting on how familiar the process felt.
On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a proposed rule that could significantly affect the federal tax-exempt status of private nonprofit colleges and universities.
With FSU receiving funding for a new dental school and other Florida universities being rejected, efforts to establish a College of Dentistry highlight a broader issue about whether that would address the dental care shortage in the state.
BY GRANT MINCY Buried inside the Department of Education’s proposed Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) rule sits a single provision, § 602.23(j), that reads on the surface lik…
“This book is an essential resource for anyone who believes governance is both a responsibility and a calling.” Ross A. Mugler, President. Association of Governing Boards
Opinion: The “pick your lane” approach with faculty owning curriculum and the administration owning the budget doesn’t work anymore, if it ever really did.
Universities consistently add new programs, centers, and facilities but rarely retire outdated ones, fostering an unsustainable “culture of addition.”
Due to the increasing pressure to efficiently administer higher education institutions, the practice of shared governance is receiving more attention than ever.