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This blog explores using a spending immunization strategy to manage its liquidity needs. It also describes how one university leveraged its nimble investment process to pivot during the pandemic. From our partner, SEI
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Today’s challenges in higher education call for board members and senior leaders to take bold steps to positively impact student success and institutional sustainability. Boards should serve as catalysts for change and drive the institution towards achieving fiscal resiliency. From AGB Sustaining Sponsor, Baker Tilly
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The business model is so complex and tangled with the education model of the institution that it is difficult to know how to fix it without making things worse.
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Joining forces through a local enterprise partnership allows local businesses and governments to create meaningful opportunities for each group’s respective agendas. A growth hub is the centerpiece of a local enterprise partnership in these university-business-government collaborative efforts.
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Many institutions are assessing the need for transformation, especially given the impact of COVID-19. What I know is that the need for transformation is even greater than you may have hypothesized. Now is the time for transformation and action plans.
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Institutionally related foundations and their boards must step up to this unique moment. Board culture, structure, focus, and alignment are the secret sauce for today’s foundation board. We are in a moment when added value will be the test for all voluntary bodies.