Blog Posts

February 12, 2024 - Higher education boards have embraced new board management technology to an extent, but cost and resistance from directors who aren’t comfortable with new technology are the primary drivers for boards that still use paper, PDFs, and email to conduct their …

February 07, 2024 - You are viewing the Institution version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and System versions are also available. It’s never the wrong time to celebrate excellence, and I have two examples to share: I am excited to celebrate the 2024 recipients …

January 24, 2024 - Recently released Institute of International Education (IIE)/U.S. Department of State “Open Doors” data indicate that the total number of international students studying at United States postsecondary institutions in 2022–2023 rebounded from a 15 percent pandemic-fueled decrease between 2019–2020 and 2020–2021. …

January 23, 2024 - In the conversations we have with higher education organizations, there is a recognition that the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and personalization is upon us. Technological progress is widening the gap between the data-driven world …

January 19, 2024 - More than a decade ago, AGB published a report titled The Leadership Imperative that focused on the relationship between the governing board and the president in colleges and universities.

January 16, 2024 - Good governance could deliver a higher return and more resilience in endowments and foundations portfolios. Strong investment governance helps make a tangible contribution to portfolio outcomes, particularly over the long-term time horizons of endowments and foundations (E&F) portfolios. The opening years of …

January 10, 2024 - Happy New Year! I invite you to view this month’s CEO update, which focuses on your AGB in 2024. Click here for a transcript of the video. As I outline in …

December 19, 2023 - College and university campuses are forums for vigorous free speech and debate as well as safe spaces that aim to create a sense of belonging. Yet what happens when those two deeply held values are at odds with one another?

December 18, 2023 - The November meeting of the AGB Council of Finance Committee Chairs opened with a welcome from Andrew Lounder, associate vice president for programs, who outlined AGB’s plans for the National Conference on Trusteeship meeting in Boston on March 26, 2024.

December 13, 2023 - You are viewing the Institution version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and System versions are also available. I once heard a story about a car manufacturing company CEO visiting a new plant in the 1980s. Just before he arrived, …