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The Secret to Successful Real Estate Projects: Proactive Board Engagement
June 18, 2026 -
In a recent webinar, I explained that real estate is usually the largest part of an institution’s or related foundation’s balance sheet. However, many higher education governing boards spend too little time discussing the topic. They treat campus facilities and …
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AGB President & CEO Update: Strengthening Board Leadership and Rebuilding Trust
June 10, 2026 -
You are viewing the Institution and Systems version of this CEO Update. An Institutionally Related Foundation version is also available.
This month, AGB is focused on a challenge that sits at the center of higher education’s future: strengthening public trust through …
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The Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Environment: Institutional Responses
June 08, 2026 -
This AGB blog post is the third in a series on mental wellness. Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.
If these times feel like crisis, they are. The world at large is in crisis with climate and …
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Chronic Threat and Chaos: The Human Response and Higher Education Leadership
May 29, 2026 -
This AGB blog post is the second in a series on mental wellness in higher education. Part 1 is available here.
Wherever you turn these days, there are overwhelming events. They’re close: graphic images on the news of horrific events from …
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Rethinking Endowment Return Assumptions: Long-Term Planning in a Constrained Environment
May 26, 2026 -
Many colleges, universities, and nonprofit institutions built long-term endowment portfolios on assumptions about investment returns, donor giving, and federal support that once enabled confident long-range planning. They often set those assumptions during periods of lower interest rates, expanding access to …
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Data Readiness Is the AI Work: A Case for Starting with Advancement
May 22, 2026 -
University leaders weighing where to invest in transformational artificial intelligence (AI) are facing a question of sequencing as much as strategy. The pressure to “do something with AI” is real, and the temptation is to invest where the headlines are …
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AGB President & CEO Update: Advancing Governance Integrity and Accountability
May 06, 2026 -
You are viewing the Institution and Systems version of this CEO Update. An Institutionally Related Foundation version is also available.
This month, AGB is advancing a set of initiatives that go to the heart of our mission: strengthening governance to ensure …
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Top Strategic Issues for Boards 2026–2027
May 04, 2026 -
The arrival of spring coincides with the release of the latest edition of AGB’s flagship publication, Top Strategic Issues for Boards. The new edition for 2026–2027 is the latest in a long series of biennial publications that frame the most …
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Mental Wellness in Tumultuous Times: Protecting Your Institution’s Most Important Assets
April 27, 2026 -
This AGB blog post is the first in a series on mental wellness in higher education.
It might have been unthinkable until recently that the federal government would strip critical research funding, forbid attendance by certain types of students, dismantle a …
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Keeping the Lights On: A New Challenge?
April 15, 2026 -
The NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments® (NCSE) has shown over the years that operating budgets are claiming a greater share of annual endowment spending. That trend continued in the 2025 study, released in February 2026. Is the most recent jump an …
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