Board Member

As enormous pressures weigh on all of higher education and many schools fight for survival, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to deal economic blows to the sector. Most schools are heavily dependent on tuition revenues to cover budgeted operations. With enrollment …

How Has AGB Influenced Higher Education Governance in the Last 100 Years?   In honor of its centennial, Trusteeship magazine interviewed Richard Chait about AGB’s role in higher education governance over the last 100 years. Chait is a professor emeritus at the Harvard …

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 …

March 11, 2021 - One hundred years ago, a small group of board members and presidents came together for an “educational conference” to exchange information and discuss academic papers on topics still pertinent today: “The Salary Problem” and “Student Fees and Tuition Charges.” Recognizing …

Through activism and other efforts,  generations of collegians have challenged higher education leaders to address long-standing racial issues on campuses. The underrepresentation of students, faculty, and administrators of color; culturally unresponsive curricula and teaching methods; racialized encounters ranging from occasional …

Higher education and its leadership are being forced by events to address a once in every 100-year crisis. It is one that touches upon almost every aspect (and risk) of the operations and reputation of our nation’s colleges and universities. …

Higher education governing boards are leading through some of the most turbulent environmental circumstances we’ve experienced in decades...

This past year brought unprecedented disruption at every level of the U.S educational system, with the effects most profound for low-income communities and communities of color...

December 10, 2020 - Everyone wants a transformative president until they have one. Why? Because transformative presidents are focused on making substantive change and achieving profound success. In order to succeed, they have to make brave decisions, be comfortable with people not liking them …

Understand best practices for board member terms. Since 1969, AGB has tracked data on the composition, policies, and practices of governing boards of public and independent institutions. This guide outlines that data and provides some benchmarks for board member terms. …