Blog Posts

June 23, 2022 - For an endowment or other perpetual pool of capital, the ability to grow the portfolio, net of spending, expenses, and inflation, is critically important to supporting future generations. Despite predictions in recent years of a “low return environment” that could …

June 22, 2022 - As a president and later as a trustee, the AGB national conference and AGB publications were my first stop for programs and materials because they spoke directly to my current interests. It was as if they read my mind. I …

June 21, 2022 - The concept of sustainable investing is about bringing clarity to investment opportunities and risks resulting from financially relevant environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. We believe material environmental, social, and governance factors are prefinancial indicators that can affect a company’s …

June 17, 2022 - Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio hosts foundation and alumni board meetings three times per year. Before the university adopted board management software, it followed a manual preparation process. Sarah Brokamp, BGSU special assistant to the vice president for university …

June 08, 2022 - You are viewing the Institution version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and System versions are also available. As part of my onboarding when I started at AGB three years ago, I received several binders and boxes with memos and …

June 03, 2022 - AGB recently published Top Strategic Issues for Boards 2022–2023, which outlines the most pressing challenges currently facing colleges and universities. The issues will sound familiar to higher education leaders, but the publication makes a compelling case that the pandemic has …

June 01, 2022 - A recent meeting of AGB’s Council of Board Professionals focused on the concept of shared governance from the unique perspective of the board professional position. During the meeting, David Maxwell, PhD, AGB senior consultant and senior fellow, defined collaborative shared …

May 12, 2022 - The investment management industry and the asset owners it serves are increasingly looking beyond investment performance to questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) in the industry itself. Asset owners are asking questions about how investment managers are responding to the …

May 04, 2022 - You are viewing the Institution version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and System versions are also available. During last month’s National Conference on Trusteeship, I heard a recurring theme: The most effective, strategic governing boards focus on what matters …

April 29, 2022 - For most people, the honor of being appointed or elected to the governing board of a higher education institution is a profound one. Yet serving as a trustee also involves important responsibilities, among them the duty to be certain the …