
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.

AGB joined the higher education community in sending a letter to Congressional leadership…
An American Association of University Professors survey finds over all, faculty representation is up over time, but faculty participation in presidential searches is down, as is full participation of part-time faculty members.
Campus and system leaders increasingly find themselves in impossible jobs, caught between competing demands from a governing board, often with a partisan agenda, and campus constituents who demand autonomy and are sometimes unaware of the institution’s financial constraints.
