The New Mexico Legislature has approved legislation to amend the state’s Constitution, which, if ratified by voters in November, would significantly hinder the governor’s authority to appoint members to serve on the governing boards...
Every year, the Cornell community elects two alumni to join the board of trustees. The 2025 Cornell Alumni Trustee Elections are taking place now through the end of the month, giving alumni an opportunity...
Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday that grants him new powers to directly appoint board chairs...
Armand Alacbay, senior vice president of strategy for the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which advocates for university boards to...
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is proud to announce […]
Tennessee, country tunes and typical pleasantries were among the points of conversation in a four-minute phone call between Victor Ashe ’67 and University President Peter Salovey two springs ago. Ashe, the former mayor of Knoxville,...
ACTA in the NewsTrustee Selection
Yale University played a prominent role in the American fight for democracy, with four graduates signing the Declaration of Independence. Now some Yalies want to bring a more modest revolution to campus by re-introducing...
ACTA in the NewsTrustee Selection
Local business leaders and higher education officials are playing a waiting game for the potential ramifications of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ quickly growing snowball of higher education reform. There was the appointment of Sen. Ben Sasse,...
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