Blog Posts

January 29, 2020 - Higher education board members bring a broad range of expertise and perspectives to their institutions as well as the higher education enterprise. Since trustees are ultimately accountable for addressing the opportunities and challenges facing their institutions, it is important to …

January 24, 2020 - As the convener of university and college boards, we think deeply about the importance of leadership in higher education. Having the right people around the boardroom table can make the difference between success and failure and that begins with implementing …

January 17, 2020 - Accounting for about 22 percent of student enrollment in four-year U.S. colleges and universities, graduate and professional education is no small part of the higher education ecosystem. It is a complex landscape, featuring programs that focus on scholarship and professional …

January 17, 2020 - Your professional experience and ability to think critically are essential to your service as a trustee. In fact, lacking these, you likely would not have been appointed in the first place. You will apply the insights they produce throughout your …

January 17, 2020 - More than a few institutions—particularly in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions—are wrestling with declining enrollment.  In The College Stress Test, Robert Zemsky, Susan Shaman, and Susan Campbell analyze IPEDS data from the past decade and find, for example, that …

January 14, 2020 - Happy New Year! I hope that, like me, you had time to rest and refresh over the holidays. It is a new year, and a new AGB, and we are poised to empower you to lead strategically in 2020 as …

January 13, 2020 - With the start of the new year, AGB has shaped its priorities to better serve trustees and board members of institutions and institutionally related foundations. We have also sharpened our vision focused on a world where college, university, and foundation …

January 06, 2020 - In 2017, for the first time in human history, scientists observed two neutron stars colliding—a phenomenon known as a kilonova. What they saw was the aftermath of two collapsed stars that slammed into each other in a galaxy 130 million …

December 20, 2019 - Filmmaking is one of the most effective forms of storytelling to a wide audience. Some films have galvanized society to change its behavior, or to come to a new understanding on an important topic. Other movies exist to break us …

December 18, 2019 - Universities are facing a number of financial challenges and are continuing to turn to the private sector for help. From the student loan and affordability crisis and reduced public funding for infrastructure, to the declining student enrollment trends, higher education …