A new report from the Association of Governing Board of Universities and Colleges (AGB) outlined the top strategic issues for boards and senior leaders, revealing a sector beset by myriad challenges.
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new rule regarding “exempt” and “nonexempt” employee status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). The new rule revises the standard salary threshold and will classify more workers as nonexempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay. The threshold will be raised beginning July 1, then again on January 1, 2025.

WASHINGTON, DC (May 2, 2024)—The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) today released Top Strategic Issues for Boards 2024–2025, a biennial resource for higher education board members, chief executives, and senior administrators.
There’s been a great deal of discussion recently on the University of Kentucky campus and in the pages of the Herald-Leader about the arcane process of internal governance.
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees is likely to take another step Friday that would change the course of who has the final say over academic programs at the university.
College and university leaders thumped by campus blowback from the Israel-Hamas war find themselves with a perfect opportunity to prepare for a contentious presidential election season in the fall, a new campus conflict guidebook from the Constructive Dialogue Institute declares.
As it searches for its next president, Temple University is at a pivotal moment. Philadelphia’s publicly supported university can select the road of superficiality by chasing status in U.S. News and World Report.

Enrollment at the small, Catholic liberal arts college in Radnor, Pennsylvania, had fallen more than 60 percent since 2016, putting the tuition-dependent school with a small endowment under serious financial pressure.
