University visitors function like a corporate board of directors – making long-term plans for the organization.
Dr. Merrill Schwartz has over 35 years of higher education experience in administration, consulting and facilitation, research, writing, and program development, including 27 years with AGB and nearly a decade with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.
Catholic colleges and universities are having to revamp their governance structures as their founding religious orders take a step back, a new report says.

On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of race in admissions decisions at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard College was unconstitutional, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne is stepping down following an investigation that found he had no knowledge or intent of research misconduct but nevertheless co-authored papers with “serious flaws.”
A new AGB report dives into Catholic institutions’ governance. It also found a decline in religious figures as presidents.

WASHINGTON, DC (July 19, 2023)—Today, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) published Relationship Reconsidered: Catholic Universities and Their Changing Governance Structures.
When a community college president leaves and the college doesn’t have enough time to conduct a full search for a replacement, they turn to an interim president.
One in five college financial leaders lacks confidence in their institution’s 10-year outlook, and almost half of public college CBOs expect their condition to worsen next year, Inside Higher Ed survey finds.