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August 27, 2025 – Watch this Webinar On Demand to explore the foundational role of board independence in preserving mission-driven leadership, protecting institutional credibility, and fulfilling fiduciary responsibilities.
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Board professionals play crucial planning, coordination, and support roles in the day-to-day life of college, university, system, and foundation governing boards.
Recent developments at the University of Virginia have drawn national attention and renewed concern about the growing pressures facing higher education leaders and institutions. While the circumstances surrounding this leadership transition are still unfolding, they speak to a broader and increasingly urgent reality: the governance of our colleges and universities is being tested in unprecedented ways.
WASHINGTON, DC (May 7, 2025)—In response to growing challenges compromising the autonomy of America’s colleges and universities, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) is leading a national effort to reaffirm and uphold the independence of higher education governance and fortify the principles that have long underpinned academic excellence and democratic vitality.
To support action in affirming institutional commitment to institutional autonomy and board independence,...
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In the landmark case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819), the Supreme Court…