Board Roles & Responsibilities

The essential guide and benchmarks for selecting a board chair. This guide captures the process of selecting a board chair and outlines characteristics of an effective board chair, responsibilities, and some potential red flags. Download this FAQ guide …

June 10, 2021 - Colleges and universities across the country are considering strategic integrations to achieve fiscal resiliency, institutional sustainability and student success.

The premise of this column is that higher education lawyers have unique duties to act ethically and do the right thing. Although it may sound self-serving, lawyers have professional legal obligations to act ethically that distinguish them from other professions. …

To support your board and institution in addressing Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (JDE&I), AGB has developed this toolkit. It includes materials you can customize to work with your board to develop a common understanding of JDE&I issues, assess institutional …

Governing boards, as guardians of higher education, have a moral, a fiduciary, and an educational responsibility to advance racial justice, equity, and inclusion (JEI). The AGB Board of Directors’ Statement on Justice, Equity, and Inclusion outlines strategies for implementing this …

April 08, 2021 - AGB has published the Principles of Trusteeship: How to Become a Highly Effective Board Member for Colleges, Universities, and Foundations

This resource for individual board members captures the essence of highly effective trusteeship in a concise and easy-to-use format. The Principles of Trusteeship lays out a vision for more effective boards based on more effective individual board members. To help …

March 17, 2021 - 2020 has brought incredible urgency to address  justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (JDE&I) issues across all facets of the institution. Presidents have set institutional goals to make a difference in JDE&I, and advancement, as the bridge …

Change is generally considered a good thing. New administrations in Washington trumpet the initiatives they intend to implement in the first 100 days. Annual goals for executives are plans for change. The concept that a “crisis should not be wasted” …

February 25, 2021 - As the meeting comes to a quiet pause for the business affairs committee—a conversation suddenly restarts on an earlier topic about the efficacy of online courses. Some people understand the critical need and offer full support, others question their value …