ACTA's Nick Down interviews Michigan State University (MSU) Board of Trustees member Mike Balow. MSU has been embroiled in a controversy over a sudden revision to its trustee code of ethics that involved the signing of a loyalty pledge that would limit...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) today released Higher Ed by the Numbers: Critical […]
College and university trustees often come from the business or civic community, appointed or elected to serve because of their deep experience overseeing complex enterprises. But higher education institutions do not operate under a...
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Acrimony with board of trustees reportedly played a role in initial decision The president of Michigan State University will no longer leave his job this summer and head to Clemson University. Instead, he will...
ACTA in the NewsPresidential Search
Michigan State University board members, donors and President Kevin Guskiewicz worked for the past month to ensure he stayed after his planned departure for Clemson University, but a faculty leader and experts say the...
Yale’s political donations showed 50-to-1 ratio in favor of Democrats over Republicans Ivy League governing boards are overwhelmingly Democratic, with about seven out of ten trustees registered as Democrats and only one in ten as a...
These are times of great challenge for colleges and universities – and for the nation. There has never been a time when the future of higher education, with all of its implications for America,...
Mitch Daniels is an American statesman and higher education leader who served as governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013 and as president of Purdue University from 2013 to 2022. Over a wide-ranging career...
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