Implementing Governance for a New Era is an action plan to assist college and university trustees in reforming higher education. Delivered to more than 16,000 college and university trustees in November 2014, the plan provides details on how trustees properly represent the public by ensuring students receive a quality education at a reasonable price. The action plan examines the key questions all trustees must ask in order to gauge institutional effectiveness. It covers topics including the disinvitation of controversial speakers, grade inflation, core requirements, the role of athletic programs, faculty course loads, and assessing presidential performance. The wallet-sized Getting the Data: 10 Questions Trustees Should Ask provides trustees with questions designed to ensure informed decision-making.
This publication is part of The American Council of Trustees and Alumni’s Institute For Effective Governance™.
Governance for a New Era, a blueprint for higher education governance, is the product of a summit facilitated by ACTA and chaired by Benno Schmidt, past president of Yale University and former board chairman of the City University of New York. Signatories to the statement, a diverse group of 22 distinguished national leaders, include college […]
Trustees have grown significantly more concerned about the future of higher education in the last year, according to new polling released today that points to financial sustainability and the prices students pay as top sources of anxiety. And trustees aren’t just worried about the sector as a whole. A majority are also concerned about the […]
Relations between faculty members and trustees are generally healthy, although each group could benefit from more education about the other’s role in governance, according to a report issued Friday by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. The report offers data on patterns of trustee-faculty interaction and on attitudes, while also suggesting good […]
Citing a “failure of higher education governance,” a group convened by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni has called on trustees to play a much more active role in overseeing their institutions. The group issued a report suggesting serious erosion in the quality of American higher education. “Substantial numbers of recent college graduates lack a fundamental […]
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