Books

The five publications in this bundle offer board professionals guidance on best practice in the role as well as a head start on agenda-setting for boards meetings and help maintaining the currency of the board’s by-laws. …

The governance committee—also known as the committee on trustees, committee on trusteeship, or committee on directors—is arguably the most important committee that a board of trustees can empower. The committee identifies, vets, and selects trustees who bring the necessary experience, …

Intended both to orient and to guide, Higher Education Governing Boards provides a detailed overview of the essential responsibilities of governing boards—public and independent—and the fiduciary duties of board members. Also included are questions intended to promote reflection by individual …

Intended both to orient and to guide, Institutionally Related Foundation Boards provides a detailed overview of the essential responsibilities of foundation boards, presents standards of conduct for board members derived from their role as fiduciaries, and identifies key characteristics of …

Pending legislation, regulatory changes, and judicial decisions will require colleges and universities to adapt, perhaps in significant ways. Designed to help governing boards, institutional leaders, and senior staff understand the current policy landscape, this publication summarizes and contextualizes the most …

The end of a board member’s tenure should mark the end of his or her role as a participant in board governance. These guidelines are designed to help boards set clear expectations with respect to the appropriate role and conduct …

This signature AGB publication presents a governance standard specifically developed to help college, university, and system boards to understand and apply the principles of good board governance and to assess and improve their own governance practice. Buying for the full board? A …

The selection of a president is often the most consequential decision a governing board must make. To help boards get it right, these two new AGB Press publications provide expert guidance and up-to-date information on all phases of the search—and …

Foremost among the responsibilities of a college or university governing board is the recruitment, evaluation, and support of the institution’s president. This includes, fundamentally, providing for reasonable compensation of the president—a task that is now more challenging than ever, because …

Boards need to be just as nimble and adaptive as their institutions must be to meet the shifting challenges they face. The process of committee restructuring has thus become a central feature of effective board and committee practice and should …