Risk Management

Higher Education has lost billions due to COVID-19. Join Dr. Paul Friga, expert in higher education strategy and leader of AGB Consulting’s practice area: Strategic Transformation of Public Higher Education, for this interactive discussion and dialogue.

February 16, 2021 - Trustees have a duty to protect their institutions from existential cyber risk. Automating the NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides an effective vehicle for shared communication and assures them that a comprehensive view of risk is being assessed …

Cybersecurity continues to be one of the most quickly evolving global risks for all organizations, including those in higher education. Consider these facts: Twenty-eight percent of breaches at higher education institutions resulted from phishing attacks, and 23 percent of the breaches were …

January 07, 2021 - AGB recently hosted a webinar with Baker Tilly and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Minnesota State) on project risk reviews. Speakers from both organizations discussed the dynamics of project risk reviews (PRRs), including the board perspective, the recommended approach for …

December 9, 2020 - Navigating Covid-19 and its effects on the return to school and endowments has been a top priority for colleges and universities this year.

November 23, 2020 - Sandusky, Nassar, Tyndall, Strauss, Anderson. This is a cringe-worthy list of the worst college and university sexual abusers. The impact these abusers have had on the lives of their victims is profound and well documented.   For the institutions involved, these …

November 16, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to virtual processes and methods for all colleges and universities. Increasingly, colleges and universities have shifted permanently to expanded online or hybrid educational delivery models and have begun conducting …

November 12, 2020 - Finding prosperity in a sea of change requires an understanding of an institution’s current situational assessment as well as the macro trends that are shaping higher education.

October 06, 2020 - During one of the most tumultuous periods of disruption, universities and colleges have been forced to confront multiple crises ranging from safeguarding the physical health of students and staff, to determining how to counterbalance ancillary budget losses, to measuring the …

September 15, 2020 - Even before the pandemic, many boards had difficulty balancing their strategic governance responsibilities in relation to the management of their institutions. Some were not sufficiently involved in governance and left most things, including major strategic choices, to their presidents and …