Congress is juggling Department of Education interagency agreements, the College Transparency Act, and a new framework for college athletics. In this episode, Joe Brenckle speaks with Penn Hill Group’s Alex Nock about these developments as well as updates on regulation …

What colleges, universities, and governing boards should know about expanded federal oversight, reporting duties, student disclosures, and program risk.

Expanding Financial Aid: Workforce Pell on the Horizon Listen to this article on the AGB Soundboard App Cover Image Credit: Stock.Adobe.com/29Mokara/BonoTom Studio, Inc. The new Workforce Pell Grant program has the potential to expand the Pell …

This biennial publication frames the most important topics in higher education that will demand governing boards’ strategic oversight in the next two years to ensure student success and long-term institutional vitality.

Preface This report is focused on sharing best practices and telling the stories of four institutions that are elevating student success. By highlighting the successful strategies and practices of higher education governing boards in collaboration with key campus administrators, we hope …

Many leaders follow a predictable path to the presidency: professor to chair, chair to dean, dean to provost, and provost to president. This career arc has served higher education well over the years. New presidents come to the role with …

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The current higher education landscape poses a multitude of challenges both old and new that require governing boards to understand their fiduciary roles and act with strategic insight. Board retreats represent an often-underutilized opportunity—removed from everyday operational concerns—to focus on …

Early in my career, years before I became a college president, I was a government attorney in a relatively high-­profile regional office. One day, I decided to be ambitious and ask the office chief executive whether he would find having …

Takeaways Mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships are becoming a larger part of many higher education institutions’ strategic plans, which enable college leaders and board members to fully consider those options and continuously evaluate the potential of seeking partnerships and other alliances. It …