May 3, 2022 – Watch this Webinar On Demand for a discussion on how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to calls for colleges and universities to divest their endowments and pension funds of Russian assets.
AGB’s Council of Finance Committee Chairs held its third meeting virtually in January 2022. Below are the takeaways from this event.
January 13, 2022 – Watch this Webinar On Demand, moderated by Rick Seltzer, senior editor of Higher Ed Dive, with guest panelists Melody Rose, coauthor of AGB’s new book Higher Education Business Models Under Stress, and Lynn Priddy and James Lyons Sr., higher education leaders with experience closing financially distressed colleges and universities.
The Finance Committee Chair Toolkit highlights a variety of perspectives, including how to assess disruptive scenarios and what types of actions to consider.
November 15, 2021 – Watch this Webinar On Demand for a discussion on business model transformation moderated by Verne Sedlacek, vice board chair of Valparaiso University with guest panelists Melody Rose, coauthor of AGB’s new book Higher Education Business Models Under Stress, and AGB consultants Carlton Brown and Larry Ladd, experts in higher education budgeting, finance, and strategic planning.
The Council of Finance Committee Chairs, building on its inaugural July 2021 discussion of institutional finance issues boards must consider as part of their fiduciary duties, in October 2021 examined the problem of how to quantify and capture unrecorded liabilities (e.g., deferred maintenance) that institutions incur over time.