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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.
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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.
Washington, DC (July 21, 2026)—The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), the premier organization advocating strategic board governance in higher education, today announced the election of Todd Haymore and Janine Anthony Bowen to its board of directors.
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.
Lengthening the terms could help insulate members from the whims of any particular governor, supporters said.