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On My Agenda
On My Agenda: Trust as a Strategic Asset
With the fall semester well underway, I’m aware of the unprecedented challenges confronting your board, leadership team, faculty, and staff as you collaboratively address immediate short-term challenges. While I understand how significant these challenges are, I encourage you also to …
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This Election Is Important to Higher Education
October 28, 2020 - The upcoming presidential election on November 3 is a very significant election for a number of important reasons, including for higher education policy. As corporate and community leaders, board members are uniquely positioned to communicate the value proposition of the …
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Why Now Is Not the Time to Cut Foundation Budgets
October 26, 2020 - With public health expenses soaring and tax revenues shrinking, state funding for universities is at least as imperiled as it was during the Great Recession. With unpredictable enrollment and rising technology and professional development costs, many universities have already initiated …
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Council of Foundation Leaders Share Lessons from the Fall
October 19, 2020 - AGB’s Council of Foundation Leaders convened in late September to discuss current and emerging issues spanning the effects of the pandemic; financial sustainability; strategic alignment; cyber risk oversight; campus activism; and justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (JDE&I). With timely topics …
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Council of Presidents Meeting: Presidents and Boards Leading Change
October 15, 2020 - AGB’s Council of Presidents recently gathered to discuss two essential topics: 1) institutionwide diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives—and how boards can make a difference; and 2) lessons learned from the fall semester and implications for spring and beyond in …
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Build Compensation Packages to Protect Your Institution and Attract Top-Notch Leaders
October 12, 2020 - When institutions conduct searches for presidents or other senior leaders, building the right compensation package should be a primary concern. Compensation must be fair, defensible, and competitive to attract excellent candidates and stand up to scrutiny. Boards and hiring officers …
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The Four Phases of Crisis Management
October 06, 2020 - During one of the most tumultuous periods of disruption, universities and colleges have been forced to confront multiple crises ranging from safeguarding the physical health of students and staff, to determining how to counterbalance ancillary budget losses, to measuring the …
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CEO Update
AGB President & CEO Update: Trust as a Strategic Asset
With the fall semester underway for many institutions, I’m aware of the unprecedented challenges confronting your board, leadership team, faculty, and staff as you collaboratively address immediate short-term challenges. At the same time, although I know how significant these challenges are, …
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Setting the Strategic Agenda—Foundation Boards: A Pragmatic Approach
September 28, 2020 - There is no doubt that strategic thinking is more important than ever, at an institutional level and for foundations and their boards. Such factors as the changing landscape of higher education; challenges for the foundation to “lean forward” in support …
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Leadership in a Pandemic: The Board—President Relationship
September 09, 2020 - “I can lead with confidence when I know the board chair has my back,” observed one experienced chief executive. “But I’ll hesitate if I think my board members or the chair might second-guess the tough calls demanded by the current …
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