On April 29, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) released the final rule on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new rule regarding “exempt” and “nonexempt” employee status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). The new rule revises the standard salary threshold and will classify more workers as nonexempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay. The threshold will be raised beginning July 1, then again on January 1, 2025.
WASHINGTON, DC (May 2, 2024)—The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) today released Top Strategic Issues for Boards 2024–2025, a biennial resource for higher education board members, chief executives, and senior administrators.
WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2024)—Today, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) published Diversifying the Governing Board: An AGB Report, a qualitative survey examining higher education boards’ efforts to expand the diversity of their compositions.
E. Gordon Gee likes to tell a joke that goes like this: When he first became a university president, in 1981, at age 37, he was doing a bad job. One day a couple of older professors told him as much. His problem, they informed the young president, was that he did not look or act the part.