Books

This guide outlines the careful considerations and illustrative cases that help board members and campus leaders better understand the flash points surrounding freedom of speech, academic freedom, and the tensions between these free expression rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion …

This biennial publication frames the most pressing challenges currently facing colleges and universities—those that demand the board’s strategic oversight, vision, and accountability to govern with confidence. The coronavirus pandemic has had profound effects on the operational and financial health of …

Higher education endowments are an indispensable resource for covering escalating costs, strengthening financial resilience, supporting important campus initiatives, providing financial aid to students, and keeping higher education affordable. Because of the importance of these assets in the revenue mix, the …

AGB has been collecting data and tracking trends on the composition of college and university governing boards since the late 1960s, and on the composition of foundation governing boards since 1985. Policies, Practices, and Composition of Governing Boards of Colleges, Universities, …

Every year, more news outlets report cybersecurity breaches—and higher education is not immune from these sinister trends. Cyberattacks on colleges, universities, and foundations have become more frequent, more sophisticated, and more dangerous. Successful cyberattacks can compromise an institution’s reputation, result in …

Many trustees equate fiduciary responsibility principally with safeguarding the financial and tangible assets of institutions. But in fact, trustees also guard and steward institutional values, mission, campus culture, and the well-being of thousands of human beings, especially students.

The business model of many U.S. higher education institutions is under serious stress from changing demographics, heightened consumer demands, flagging public confidence, and new competitors for educational credentials. Many institutions are struggling to sustain the suite of amenities and support …

College and university presidents work for and serve at the pleasure of their governing boards, but board members often look to their presidents for leadership and direction. Presidents help mold and shape boards; trustees help mold and shape their presidents. …

This biennial publication is designed to help higher education governing boards understand the most pressing federal and state public policy issues affecting higher education. Today’s policy landscape is shaped by a confluence of powerful, even disruptive trends—including but not limited …

This resource for individual board members captures the essence of highly effective trusteeship in a concise and easy-to-use format. The Principles of Trusteeship lays out a vision for more effective boards based on more effective individual board members. To help …