Starting in early 2025, AGB staff and consultants, drawing on AGB’s extensive library of higher education governance best practices, developed new tools, national conference sessions, Trusteeship magazine articles, videos, podcasts, and blog posts to address board independence, academic freedom, and free speech.
If complying with a new law or regulation would be harmful to your institution, use this tool to consider your options.
Explore a practical framework to engage your higher education governing board in advocacy, including 10 specific steps you can take.
Red lines define the core of an institution’s integrity. When pushed to the limit, ask a fundamental question: What is integrity worth?
WASHINGTON, DC (August 10, 2026)—Higher education governing boards are already confronting many of the issues raised in the Secretary of Education’s call to action, not because the federal government has instructed them to do so, but because doing so is fundamental to responsible governance
WASHINGTON, DC (August 3, 2026)—AGB responds to the Secretary of Education’s call to action by reaffirming board independence and institutional autonomy.
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