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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 35: Intercollegiate Athletics: What Boards Need to Know
Aired: April 14, 2023
Intercollegiate athletics is changing at a rapid pace with implications for regulatory, programmatic, and governance oversight. In this podcast, Kent State University President Emerita and AGB Senior Consultant Carol Cartwright speaks with Huron’s Tim Walsh and with …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 34: Diversification: A Strategic Response to Enrollment Shifts
Aired: March 28, 2023
Higher education is on the edge of change with more institutional closures and consolidations, and colleges and universities must continue to think strategically. Diversification of revenue streams is one such way to plan for the future. In …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 33: Navigating the ESG Landscape in 2023 and Beyond
Aired: March 7, 2023
University endowments are starting to take sustainable investing seriously, not only because students are urging them to but also because ESG—environmental, social, and governance—investing is proving to be good investment practice. For endowments looking to get started, …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 32: Higher Education and Democracy
Aired: November 3, 2022
A Call to Action for Governing Boards
Growing political intrusion into higher education, insufficient preparedness to address demographic shifts impacting campus communities, and public skepticism regarding the value of higher education have the potential to weaken our colleges …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 31: Enrollment Strategies for Boards
Aired: October 24, 2022
Demographic and market changes are having a serious impact on higher education enrollment. Board members need a solid understanding of their institution’s marketing position and reputation, as well as of the relationship between institutional mission and enrollment …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 30: What Boards Need to Know about Real Estate Optimization
Aired: October 10, 2022
Driving Stronger Performance in Higher Education
By taking proactive and strategic approaches to their leased and owned real estate holdings, colleges and universities can generate the liquidity and occupancy-costs savings they need to support their ongoing business strategies. …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 29: Campus Activism and Protests
Aired: June 2, 2022
How to Use the Summer Holidays to Prepare
With an expected higher level of student activism when students return to campus in the fall, what can institutions expect and how can governing boards and administrations plan—together—to be prepared? …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 28: Endowment Management for Higher Education
Aired: May 17, 2022
AGB recently released the second edition of Endowment Management for Higher Education. Since the first edition was published in 2017, the COVID-19 pandemic provided a quick stress test for endowments. In this podcast, AGB’s Executive Director of …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 27: Board Leadership in Uncertain Times
Aired: March 29, 2022
In today’s uncertain higher education environment, colleges and universities rely on forward-looking governing boards to respond to rapidly evolving issues and challenges. Trustees must stay on top of strategic issues affecting their institutions and actively engage with …
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Trusteeship Podcast Episode 26: Cyber Risk Oversight for Higher Education Boards
Aired: January 21, 2022
Cyberattacks on colleges, universities, and foundations have become more frequent, more sophisticated, and more dangerous. Governing boards must recognize that these are enterprise-level risks, not simply an IT issue. AGB’s new publication, Cyber Risk Oversight for Higher …
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