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AGB President & CEO Update: Strategies to Support the CEO (System)
April 10, 2024 -
You are viewing the System version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and Institution versions are also available.
Successful higher education systems have successful presidents. Hiring is only the first step. When boards focus routinely on functions and strategic goals …
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Diversifying the Governing Board: Sample Case Study 4
To aid boards and other administrators who want to look more closely at ways to move forward on diversity and equity issues, some sample case studies have been drafted to look at actions possible in particular campus or foundation situations. …
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AGB President & CEO Update: No Surprises (System)
March 06, 2024 -
You are viewing the System version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and Institution versions are also available.
One of the best pieces of advice to new board members and chief executives is “no surprises,” meaning that leaders should mitigate …
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Public Board Members: Appointments and Responsibilities
Appointing qualified, informed board members who understand and embrace fiduciary duties and governance leading practices is imperative. This checklist, adapted from the Minnesota Regents Candidate Advisory Council, outlines the capabilities and accountabilities appointees should embody.
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Trusteeship Article
Governing and Hiring for Systemness
Takeaways
Higher education systems educate more than 75 percent of all students (and 80 percent of Pell-eligible students) in four-year public higher education, making systems the backbone of American higher education.
The differences in roles and responsibilities of system boards and their …
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Book
Assessing Board Readiness to Lead Change in Public Higher Education Systems
Public systems are uniquely positioned to lead transformative change in higher education, both in terms of how public institutions are structured and how academic programs and instruction are delivered. Given the scope of the institutions under system auspices and the …
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Tool
Governance Checklist: Higher Education Systems
Ensure your higher education system board is following governance best practices.
Download this checklist to evaluate your board's governance practices in the following areas:
Written documents
Updating documents
Policies and practices
Strategic planning and budget
Chief executive compensation and performance review
Board assessment
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Governing in the Sunshine: Tips for Board Chairs at Public Meetings
Governing in the Sunshine: Tips for Board Chairs at Public Meetings
This list of tips is part of the Board Chair Toolkit, which includes resources that enable board chairs to understand essential responsibilities for board leadership …
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Consequential Board Governance in Public Higher Education: A Checklist for State Systems
Consequential Board Governance in Public Higher Education:
A Checklist for State Systems
Download this governance checklist for system governing boards, system heads, and state policy makers.
This tool is adapted from AGB's Consequential Board Governance in Public Higher Education Systems.
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Improving Appointments to our Public College and University Governing Boards
September 17, 2021 -
One need only scan recent headlines of the higher education and popular press to wonder whether public governing boards, and the processes that appoint them, need serious improvement. Some will say that schisms in board rooms reflect our deeply divided …
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