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Aired: July 27, 2021 In early 2021, trustees representing every public university in Colorado joined together to form the Colorado Trustee Network (CTN). This coalition’s mission is to support Coloradan trustees in enacting meaningful change related to Colorado’s investment in higher …

Aired: July 13, 2021 AGB traditionally focuses on the work of the board as a whole, but a board is only as strong as its individual board members. This past spring, AGB published the Principles of Trusteeship: How to Become a …

June 2, 2021 - 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...

With federal, state, and local laws as well as institutional and system policy compliance requirements, institutions of higher education face increasingly...

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 …

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 University Graduate School of Education who studies the management and governance …

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. …