One national recruiting outfit, Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search, has become a magnet for such assignments — recently launching a variety of top leadership searches for California Institute of Integral Studies, Misericordia University, the University of North Dakota, Saint Mary’s College of California and a host of others.

“We stand in support of President Biden’s directive to the attorney general and the secretary of homeland security to take all actions ‘to preserve and fortify’ the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) guidance. This action will allow for more than 700,000 DACA recipients to remain in the United States and advance their educational aspirations…”

On Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the roughly $21.2 billion secured for higher education in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) is ready for allocation.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees has been selected to receive a national leadership award from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
A representative of the search firm assisting the University of Iowa in finding next president for the school says they’ve already had a lot of interest.
This is the time of the year when resolutions are made with the greatest intention of committing to a goal or goals that will bring about an improvement in our professional or personal lives, our organizations, our accomplishments or ourselves.

WASHINGTON, DC (January 14, 2021)—The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), the premier organization representing higher education governing boards, in partnership with TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services organization dedicated to helping its clients pursue financial well-being, today announced that they have selected six boards to receive the 2021 John W. Nason Award for Board Leadership.

On Monday, December 21, the U.S. Congress passed The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which includes both a $1.4 trillion appropriations bill and more than $900 billion in COVID-19 relief, along with other provisions.
ANN ARBOR, MI — After eight successful years, Shauna Ryder Diggs’ time on the University of Michigan Board of Regents is coming to an end.
The work we do now sits squarely in the middle of what so ails our nation and what is required to fix it, writes Matthew C. Moen.