Finance & Business Models

This biennial publication frames the most pressing challenges currently facing colleges and universities—those that influence how each institution operates and that demand the board’s strategic oversight and vision. The ability of a governing board to deal effectively with the following …

Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, many AGB members are facing financial disruption stemming from emergency support to students and staff, unrealized revenue, and other challenges. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes multiple loan programs …

Over the past several weeks, AGB has worked hard to keep you updated on the congressional response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Congress included nearly $350 billion …

Governing board members need a firm grasp of the environmental factors shaping enrollment strategies and goals since these factors serve as constraints on any institution’s ability to meet enrollment and tuition revenue targets. These factors include such things as: Technological and …

A significant governance leadership challenge for today’s board chair and college president is tending to the diverse array of stakeholder groups that vie for attention. It is an unrelenting demand, characterized by an endless flow of communication, rumor, misunderstanding, and …

Higher education board members bring a broad range of expertise and perspectives to their institutions as well as the higher education enterprise. Since trustees are ultimately accountable for addressing the opportunities and challenges facing their institutions, it is important to …

The AGB 2020 Trustee Index is the third annual survey of college and university board members about those issues they see as the most pressing facing the sector and the institutions they serve. This AGB survey, conducted in collaboration with …

More than a few institutions—particularly in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions—are wrestling with declining enrollment.  In The College Stress Test, Robert Zemsky, Susan Shaman, and Susan Campbell analyze IPEDS data from the past decade and find, for example, that …

SPONSORED CONTENT The Commonfund Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) is an inflation index for colleges and universities. It has been calculated since 1983 and includes inflation data going back to 1961. Commonfund Institute assumed responsibility for the HEPI in 2002 and …

December 18, 2019 - Every higher ed college and university wants to become more competitive and successful. This webinar explores the types of formal and informal partnerships you should explore and leverage for a competitive …