November 19, 2024 - Watch this Webinar On Demand which examines critical economic trends and the implications for the higher education sector while helping leaders contextualize insights with consideration of their own institutions’ circumstances.

Board Professionals Survey Underway The 2024–2025 AGB Survey of Board Professionals is now in progress. The survey is conducted every five years to improve support for governing bodies of higher education institutions, systems, and foundations and to provide data on the …

California Bans Legacy Admissions California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill (AB 1780) into law on September 30, 2024, to ban legacy admissions or “favoring applicants whose family members are graduates or are significant donors to the school” at private colleges …

Enrollment Crisis Hits Public Colleges Hardest Public colleges and universities are struggling more than private colleges with decreases in enrollment. The 2023 State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report, published by the State Higher Education Executive Officers’ Association (SHEEO), illuminates a worsening …

New Publication Memoranda of Understanding Between Public Institutions and Affiliated Foundations A well-structured memorandum of understanding (MOU) documents key legal and operational aspects of an institution-foundation partnership. It serves important legal functions by specifying roles and responsibilities, appropriate use of state resources, …

August 01, 2024 - According to a recent article in Higher Ed Dive, as of June about 250,000 fewer high school seniors had completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) than did so last year. Many factors may have contributed to the …

Framroze M. Virjee Named President and CEO of Association of Governing Boards The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) named Framroze “Fram” M. Virjee, president emeritus of California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), as its next president …

Is Higher Education Growing or Shrinking? That’s the headline of a recent May 27 article in to the Chronicle of Higher Education (by Brian O’Leary and Audrey Williams) that while news reports continue to detail the financial cutbacks and closings occurring …

Takeaways The missions of our nation’s higher education institutions, particularly our publicly funded colleges and universities, obligate them to provide broad educational access to students who have historically been excluded, including Black students. Black student enrollment has declined disproportionately in recent decades, …

Strategic enrollment planning goes beyond attracting new students. It involves supporting current students, evaluating program offerings, and understanding the broader environment. In this podcast, Stuart Jones of Southern Utah University and Lew Sanborne of RNL speak with AGB’s Cristin Toutsi …