Editor’s note: This guest column was written by the leaders of the employee councils, the shared governance groups at CSU. Shared governance in higher education is widely recognized as “essential to the health, vitality, and future of America’s colleges and universities” (Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges White Paper, March 2017). Colorado State University has utilized a shared governance model for more than a century.
Like much of America, higher education is consumed with uncertainty over Tuesday’s presidential election.
“There’s a lot of levers and tools that will get their attention day one,” Steve Scalise, the second-highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, said at a meeting with a lobbying group early this month while discussing ways to punish universities for alleged civil rights violations.
WASHINGTON, DC (October 23, 2024)—The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) is pleased to announce the release of the second edition of The Investment Committee, authored by Nicole Wellmann Kraus.
Only at the nation’s richest university can a billion-plus-dollar fundraising haul equal disappointment.
More than a year after the school’s current president announced his retirement, Madison College is starting over in a search for its next leader. Three finalists were scheduled to attend forums this week and next week in Madison, where employees, students and community members could provide input.
Brandeis University stands apart in the higher education world with its combination of an intimate, liberal arts feel and powerhouse research operation that produces scientific breakthroughs and wins Nobel Prizes.