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. Play Video Click here for a transcript of the video. As I outline in my video message, …

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, …

December 07, 2023 - In two recent AGB blog posts, former public university presidents Carol Cartwright and Ellen-Earle Chaffee have teed up the challenges facing college and university boards, with a focus on the unprecedented challenges institutional presidents are facing (see Related Resources below), …

December 06, 2023 - Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a part of our daily lives for more than a decade. But over the past year, it has captured the attention of just about everyone. Webinars, news articles, and blog posts like this one are …

November 30, 2023 - The last few years have been unsettling for many of us in higher education. For college presidents and governing board members, in particular, there is much to keep them up at night—falling enrollments, changing demographics, the shift in student interests …