AGB Trusteeship Podcast
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Trusteeship Podcast from the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) provides perspective on the issues facing the nation's universities and colleges. Through insider insight and expert analysis, AGB's podcast helps leaders in this vital sector advance the public trust in higher education.
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FAFSA Delays: What Boards Need to Know
March 19, 2024 13:19 - 17 minutes - 24.9 MBThe Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) serves as the crucial link for students pursuing higher education by determining their financial support needs. However, this year's revised FAFSA rollout has encountered significant challenges—including false starts, communication issues, and inaccurate data—garnering attention both within and outside academia. These delays are causing widespread disruptions for students, families, and educational institutions, with particularly severe im...
Board Independence Under Fire: Part II
February 28, 2024 20:38 - 18 minutes - 25 MBBoards play a critical role in protecting the autonomy of higher education institutions and must lead proactively to navigate challenges to independence. In part two of this podcast, Board Independence Under Fire, AGB Interim President and CEO Ellen Chaffee and AGB Senior Fellows and Senior Consultants Jill Derby and David Maxwell discuss the importance of education and dialogue within boards to understand their responsibilities, including safeguarding institutional integrity and academic fr...
Board Independence Under Fire: Part I
January 31, 2024 20:37 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBWhile governing boards need to be open to input and recommendations from their college, foundation, or system’s stakeholders, they must also discern between what’s appropriate and what could compromise their independence and their institution’s mission and integrity. That’s especially important these days, as political polarization is increasingly creating challenges for board members in fulfilling their fiduciary duties of loyalty, obedience, and care. AGB released a Board of Directors’ ...
Higher Education Risk Governance in an Increasingly Complex, Expansive, and Regulated Environment
December 06, 2023 20:41 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBAn effective enterprise risk management, or ERM, program is more than just identifying risks; it should add value to an organization by focusing on managing and monitoring risks over time. How do boards distinguish between disruptive and strategic risks? How do campuses address student mental health as a crucial area of risk? What are the key questions boards need to ask to assess the effectiveness of ERM and wellness initiatives at their institutions? In this podcast, Barbara McCuen Jones...
What Boards Need to Know about the Federal Budget
November 08, 2023 18:38 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBA federal government shutdown loomed large in September, but a last-minute agreement pushed the conversation to November. In this podcast, AGB's Morgan Alexander talks with Alex Nock of the Penn Hill Group about the top-line budget issues affecting higher education, where Congress is in its deliberations, and what colleges and universities need to understand how the next round of budget talks will affect them.
Reflections from a Foundation Leader
September 28, 2023 01:34 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBAfter a 33-year career at Wichita State University, Elizabeth King is retiring as president and CEO of Wichita State University Foundation and Alumni Engagement. In this podcast, Elizabeth and David Bass, AGB executive director of philanthropic governance, discuss shifting trends in advancement, cultivating a culture of philanthropy, best practices for working with your foundation board, and advice for future foundation leaders.
The Board Professional Certificate Program
July 31, 2023 16:21 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBAGB's Board Professional Certificate Program, launched in July 2022, was created by board professionals for board professionals. In this episode, Patti Kunkle, AGB’s senior vice president and chief membership experience officer, speaks with AGB Senior Consultant and Senior Fellow Lynnette Heard and Kent State University Vice President and University Secretary Charlene Reed, program task force members. They discuss why AGB created the program, the anticipated learner outcomes, and recommended...
Navigating Communication and Cultural Challenges on Campus: Insights for College and University Leaders
June 20, 2023 20:22 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBAs the upcoming election season approaches, board members and top campus administrators must increasingly anticipate and navigate cultural challenges with tact and insight. In this episode, Erin Bossen and Simon Barker of Blue Moon Consulting Group speak with AGB’s Morgan Alexander about proactive strategies that decision makers can pursue to foster inclusivity, navigate controversies, and maintain harmony within their institutions. Drawing upon their extensive experience in crisis and issue...
Intercollegiate Athletics: What Boards Need to Know
April 14, 2023 14:11 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBIntercollegiate athletics is changing at a rapid pace with implications for regulatory, programmatic, and governance oversight. In this podcast, Kent State University President Emerita and AGB Senior Consultant Carol Cartwright speaks with Huron’s Tim Walsh and with Jim Delany, a former commissioner of the Big 10 Conference about conference realignment, name-image-likeness, regulatory environments, and what boards need to know.
Diversification: A Strategic Response to Enrollment Shifts
March 28, 2023 16:07 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBHigher education is on the edge of change with more institutional closures and consolidations, and colleges and universities must continue to think strategically. Diversification of revenue streams is one such way to plan for the future. In this podcast, AGB’s Associate Vice President of Content Strategy Doug Goldenberg-Hart speaks with RNL Senior Vice President Todd Abbott and Brad Goan, PhD, the senior advisor for strategic innovation at the University of Montana and an associate consulta...
Navigating the ESG Landscape in 2023 and Beyond
March 07, 2023 19:47 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBUniversity endowments are starting to take sustainable investing seriously, not only because students are urging them to but also because ESG—environmental, social, and governance—investing is proving to be good investment practice. For endowments looking to get started, or to expand their sustainable practices, this podcast addresses new opportunities as well as potential challenges, particularly in the context of the current economic and political environment. In this podcast, AGB’s Exec...
Higher Education and Democracy: A Call to Action for Governing Boards
November 03, 2022 15:49 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBGrowing political intrusion into higher education, insufficient preparedness to address demographic shifts impacting campus communities, and public skepticism regarding the value of higher education have the potential to weaken our colleges and universities and severely limit their ability to serve our country and its strategic interests if left unaddressed. In his Trusteeship article, “American Democracy Is in Jeopardy,” AGB President and CEO Henry Stoever calls on higher education governin...
Enrollment Strategies for Boards
October 24, 2022 17:46 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBDemographic and market changes are having a serious impact on higher education enrollment. Board members need a solid understanding of their institution’s marketing position and reputation, as well as of the relationship between institutional mission and enrollment strategies. In this podcast, AGB Associate Vice President for Content Strategy and Development Cristin Toutsi Grigos speaks with RNL Vice President Lew Sanborne, who leads strategic enrollment planning, and Eric Groves, RNL’s Senio...
What Boards Need to Know about Real Estate Optimization: Driving Stronger Performance in Higher Education
October 10, 2022 03:55 - 22 minutes - 31.7 MBBy taking proactive and strategic approaches to their leased and owned real estate holdings, colleges and universities can generate the liquidity and occupancy-costs savings they need to support their ongoing business strategies. In this podcast, Helen Drinan, president emerita of Simmons University and current interim president of Cabrini College, A&G Real Estate Partners Co-president Emilio Amendola, and Cambridge College Provost Stephen Healey discuss practical approaches to real-estate p...
Campus Activism and Protests: How to Use the Summer Holidays to Prepare
June 02, 2022 17:55 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBWith an expected higher level of student activism when students return to campus in the fall, what can institutions expect and how can governing boards and administrations plan—together—to be prepared? In this podcast, Simon Barker and Pam Roskowski from the Blue Moon Consulting Group discuss with AGB’s Morgan Alexander how the upcoming fall semester may bring challenges, and how boards plan to address these challenges over the summer.
Endowment Management for Higher Education
May 17, 2022 19:07 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBAGB recently released the second edition of Endowment Management for Higher Education. Since the first edition was published in 2017, the COVID-19 pandemic provided a quick stress test for endowments. In this podcast, AGB’s Executive Director of Philanthropic Governance David Bass discusses with Nikki Kraus, coauthor of the publication and Chief Client Officer of Strategic Investment Group, and Horacio Valerias, Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Global Partners and a member of the Virginia...
Board Leadership in Uncertain Times
March 28, 2022 19:37 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBIn today’s uncertain higher education environment, colleges and universities rely on forward-looking governing boards to respond to rapidly evolving issues and challenges. Trustees must stay on top of strategic issues affecting their institutions and actively engage with their administration teams to ensure institutional success. In this podcast, AGB Senior Consultant Steven Golding speaks with Huron Consulting Group’s Jim Roth, CEO, and Jaime Ontiveros, a managing director for the higher edu...
Cyber Risk Oversight for Higher Education Boards
January 21, 2022 02:28 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBCyberattacks on colleges, universities, and foundations have become more frequent, more sophisticated, and more dangerous. Governing boards must recognize that these are enterprise-level risks, not simply an IT issue. AGB’s new publication, Cyber Risk Oversight for Higher Education Boards, developed in partnership with the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) and American International Group, Inc. (AIG), provides governing boards with five core principles that boards need to oversee their institu...
The Essential Partnership between Foundations and Institutions
November 19, 2021 17:31 - 25 minutes - 35 MBInstitutionally related foundations are critical to the future success of colleges and universities. The most effective foundations foster relationships between the president and the foundation through the CEO and board chair based on trust, transparency, and open communication. In this podcast, Colorado State University President Joyce McConnell and George Mason University Foundation Board Chair Terri Beirne discuss with AGB Senior Fellow George Watt how alignment of goals and expectations ...
Higher Education Business Models Under Stress
November 05, 2021 12:23 - 30 minutes - 42.8 MBIn this podcast, AGB Consulting’s Chris Moloney interviews Higher Education Business Models Under Stress coauthors Melody Rose and Larry Large about the importance of financial stress testing, and the pivotal role of governing boards in transforming the business model to lower costs and restore financial viability, while expanding access for first-generation and low-income students. The coauthors also emphasize the importance of planning and anticipating key steps necessary to achieve a succ...
Graduate Online Enrollment Marketing
August 18, 2021 04:30 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBOnline program management is more important than ever before since nearly every student in America has now taken online classes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher education institutions can no longer afford not to learn, master, and perfect the creation, marketing, and enrollment of online college programs. In this podcast, Andy Lounder, AGB’s associate vice president of programs, speaks with Greg O’Brien, the chief growth officer for Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL), about the state of onlin...
The Colorado Trustee Network
July 22, 2021 22:20 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBIn early 2021, trustees representing every public university in Colorado joined together to form the Colorado Trustee Network (CTN). This coalition’s mission is to support Coloradan trustees in enacting meaningful change related to Colorado’s investment in higher education, the state’s equity gap, and the alignment of postsecondary education and the workforce. In this podcast, Morgan Alexander, AGB’s associate director of public policy and strategic communications, speaks with three foundi...
The Principles of Trusteeship
July 13, 2021 15:45 - 24 minutes - 19.7 MBThis past spring, AGB published the Principles of Trusteeship to enhance the effectiveness of all board members. These nine principles empower each and every board member to serve as strategic thought partners in governance and leadership with their boards, presidents, and leadership teams. In this podcast, Merrill Schwartz, AGB’s senior vice president of content and program strategy speaks with Marla Bobowick, project director for the Principles of Trusteeship working group, and Jim Lyons...
Strategic Board Leadership for Justice, Equity, and Inclusion
June 21, 2021 21:06 - 27 minutes - 22.1 MBWhat is the board’s strategic role in advancing justice, equity, and inclusion? AGB’s own board of directors considered this question and recently published the AGB Board of Directors’ Statement on Justice, Equity, and Inclusion and Guidance for Implementation to guide governing boards in their efforts to implement this important governance work. In this podcast, AGB President and CEO Henry Stoever speaks with the organization’s board chair, Shauna Ryder Diggs, and board member Leo M. L...
Higher Ed Budgets for the Post-COVID Era
April 21, 2021 18:29 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBThe Lumina Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently developed a framework to help policymakers make strategic budget decisions for higher education post-COVID. With Scott Jenkins of Lumina and Travis Reindl of Gates, Kristin Hultquist of HCM Strategists discusses how the framework can help states and boards lead through and after the crisis.
Launching a Fundraising Campaign at a Community College
March 12, 2021 18:48 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this podcast, AGB Senior Fellow and George Watt interviews Oakton Community College President Joianne Smith and Chief Advancement Officer Katherine Sawyer as Oakton prepares to launch its first fundraising campaign.
Fundraising Campaigns in Higher Education Part II: Financing and Staffing the Campaign
February 26, 2021 19:52 - 27 minutes - 38 MBHow do institutions fund and staff their fundraising campaigns? Tom Mitchell, vice president for advancement of the University of Florida, co-edited AGB’s forthcoming publication, Fundraising Campaigns in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Governing and Foundation Boards, and in this podcast, interviews chapter authors Lisa Eslinger of the Iowa State University Foundation and Zach Smith of WittKieffer on financing and staffing the campaign.
Fundraising Campaigns in Higher Education: Part I
January 26, 2021 15:30 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MBWhat do board members need to know about fundraising campaigns? AGB’s 2021 publication, Fundraising Campaigns in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Governing and Foundation Boards, offers board members a thorough grounding in the basic principles of successful comprehensive campaigns. John Lippincott, president emeritus of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, co-edited the book and in this podcast, interviews chapter authors Charlie Phlegar of Virginia Tech and Sergio G...
Innovative Foundations
November 12, 2020 15:21 - 31 minutes - 18.1 MBWhat makes a foundation innovative? How does a foundation catalyze innovation if the institution doesn’t have a culture of innovation? AGB's publication, The New Realities for Public Higher Education Foundations, focuses on the opportunities and risks institutionally related foundations face in a dynamic and uncertain higher education environment. In this podcast, former AGB President Rick Legon edited the book and interviews Gretchen Buhlig, CEO of the Arizona State University Foundation an...
Board Leadership for Racial Justice
October 15, 2020 13:25 - 17 minutes - 10.2 MBMetropolitan State University of Denver’s Board of Trustees recently voted to establish a Committee on Sustainable Racial Justice. This standing committee at the regional public institution will provide board-of-trustee oversight of the university’s efforts to eradicate systematic racism. In this podcast, MSU Denver’s Board Secretary David Fine discusses the work behind the new committee with trustees Mario Carrera and Albus Brooks, the board members who called for the formation of this comm...
The Key Endowment Questions for Challenging Times
October 14, 2020 16:11 - 24 minutes - 14 MBDuring this time of unprecedented challenges, the financial health of colleges and universities is a critical concern. Boards, investment committees, institutional leaders, and their advisors must work together to assess and plan for both the short- and long-term implications of the Covid-19 crisis, which is accelerating many of the negative trends that were already underway for higher ed. In this podcast discussion, Tim Yates, President of Commonfund Asset Management and head of the firm’...
Building the Bridge: Endowment Governance and Philanthropic Support During and After the Pandemic
June 17, 2020 19:37 - 27 minutes - 15.5 MBJoin AGB’s George Watt and Bank of America’s Bill Jarvis in a conversation on governance issues facing investment committees and institutional / foundation boards as campuses gradually reopen. Regardless of your institution’s specific situation, Bill emphasizes the importance of knowing three crucial things: Where you stand – the risks to which your investment portfolio and institution are exposed, and the effect on them of potential future scenarios; Why you stand there – the rationale b...
Solutions Through Partnerships: Higher Education & The Private Sector
April 17, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBCorvias Founder John Picerne explores how colleges and universities can transform themselves through strategically partnering with an innovator in the private sector, allowing for the monetization of existing resources and eradication of debt.
Engaging Alumni in Advocacy
December 19, 2019 02:21 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBIn this episode, AGB examines how University of Washington Alumni Association engaged with the state legislature and other policymakers to support university priorities through the work of UW Impact, the advocacy arm of the Alumni Association. Featuring Paul Rucker (executive director of the University of Washington Alumni Association) and Courtney Acitelli (program director of UW Impact), this episode explores the strength of engaging with alumni, community leaders, businesses, and other hi...
Understanding the Power of Research
October 09, 2019 16:42 - 27 minutes - 38.9 MBAcademic research played a role in some of the most transformative technologies today, in medicine, communications, and a host of other disciplines. However, skepticism of higher education and budget fears are cause for concern, encouraging policymakers and the public alike to question the value of university research. AGB interviewed former University System of Maryland Regent and former CEO of Lockheed Martin Norm Augustine, as well as former Emory University President Jim Wagner, to dig i...
Support of Civil Education
September 09, 2019 20:52 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBIn April 2019, AGB released a new advisory statement, “Reclaiming Higher Education’s Leadership in Support of Civil Education.” In this episode of AGB's Trusteeship Podcast, Jonathan Alger, president of James Madison University, and Kristin Hodge-Clark, former AGB vice president for best practice and innovation and a trustee at the College of Saint Benedict, share examples of how civil education works on their campuses, in the classroom and the board room.
Demystifying Endowments
June 24, 2019 21:58 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBEndowments allow colleges and universities, like other public and charitable organizations, to fund a portion of their work continuously, generation after generation. The ways in which these funds have been solicited from donors, applied to expenses, and stewarded over time are ultimately unique to each institution, and public misconceptions have proliferated on each of these points. Hear from Sandy Baum, a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute and trustee of Bryn Mawr College, explain w...
Fans or Fiduciaries? Boards and Intercollegiate Athletics
April 26, 2019 19:47 - 22 minutes - 31.7 MBWhen it comes to intercollegiate athletics, board members should consider the totality of the student experience—from success on the playing fields to success in the classroom. Sometimes, the scales get tipped, and when problems emerge the board can find itself caught up in scandal. Boards need to understand their larger role and accept their accountability.
The public's trust in higher education
June 20, 2018 16:48 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBHas higher education lost the public's trust? This episode of Trusteeship Radio explores the realities and data behind confidence in higher education, featuring guests Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley, Safer, Holmes, and Cancila and a former Illinois state court judge, and Brandon Busteed, executive director, education and workforce development at Gallup. Listen to these two experts weigh in on the factors that affect public confidence, including cost, access, and political v...
The Public's Trust in Higher Education
June 20, 2018 16:48 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBHas higher education lost the public's trust? This episode of AGB's Trusteeship Podcast explores the realities and data behind confidence in higher education, featuring guests Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley, Safer, Holmes, and Cancila and a former Illinois state court judge, and Brandon Busteed, executive director, education and workforce development at Gallup. Listen to these two experts weigh in on the factors that affect public confidence, including cost, access, and pol...
Return on Investment in Higher Education
January 26, 2018 20:40 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBWhat is the true measure of ROI in higher education? Michelle Tellock, a senior associate at Hogan Lovells, and Horacio Valeiras, a board member at Virginia Tech, discuss how the role of American higher education has evolved in our society in this episode of AGB's Trusteeship Podcast. How did the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, the GI Bill, and Pell grants shape the public perception of higher ed, and how is value being discussed in the board room? And what qualitative and quantitative data—includ...
Return on investment in higher education
January 26, 2018 20:40 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBWhat is the true measure of ROI in higher education? Michelle Tellock, a senior associate at Hogan Lovells, and Horacio Valeiras, a board member at Virginia Tech, discuss how the role of American higher education has evolved in our society in this Trusteeship Radio episode (formerly Higher Education Nation). How did the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, the GI Bill, and Pell grants shape the public perception of higher ed, and how is value being discussed in the board room? And what qualitative and q...
Innovations in Higher Education
November 07, 2017 20:06 - 22 minutes - 50.8 MBWhat is innovation in higher education? Nancy Zimpher, immediate past chancellor of the State University of New York, and Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, discuss how innovation applies to higher education, as well as the challenges and opportunities that come with it. Listen to each discuss the board's role in innovation and mission, as well as effective methods to introduce innovation to the board. More about AGB's Guardians Initiative at www.agb.org/guardians.
Innovations in higher education
November 07, 2017 20:06 - 22 minutes - 50.8 MBWhat is innovation in higher education? Nancy Zimpher, immediate past chancellor of the State University of New York, and Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, discuss how innovation applies to higher education, as well as the challenges and opportunities that come with it. Listen to each discuss the board's role in innovation and mission, as well as effective methods to introduce innovation to the board. More about AGB's Guardians Initiative at www.agb.org/guardians.
Why does college cost so much?
September 19, 2017 21:37 - 23 minutes - 52.9 MBHaving the right information is crucial when responding to questions about why college costs so much. But does it? Most students don't pay the full "sticker price" once financial aid is taken into consideration. Listen to Sandy Baum, economist and senior fellow at the Urban Institute, discuss the costs and benefits of a college degree–and why you never hear a news story about an unemployed high-school graduate. More about AGB's Guardians Initiative and The Business of Higher Education rep...
It’s Time to Fight for Higher Education
September 19, 2017 21:35 - 23 minutes - 54.3 MBHigher education is often criticized for its costs and its relevancy. How can you be an advocate for higher education, even when public trust is eroding? Listen to AGB President Rick Legon and Kevin Reilly, president emeritus of the University of Wisconsin System, discuss how to respond to higher education's critics in a candid dialogue about these important issues. More about AGB's Guardians Initiative at www.agb.org/guardians.
It’s time to fight for higher education
September 19, 2017 21:35 - 23 minutes - 54.3 MBHigher education is often criticized for its costs and its relevancy. How can you be an advocate for higher education, even when public trust is eroding? Listen to AGB President Rick Legon and Kevin Reilly, president emeritus of the University of Wisconsin System, discuss how to respond to higher education's critics in a candid dialogue about these important issues. More about AGB's Guardians Initiative at www.agb.org/guardians.
Introducing Higher Education Nation from AGB
September 06, 2017 13:21 - 2 minutes - 5.63 MBIntroducing Higher Education Nation, the podcast from the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) that provides perspective on the issues facing the nation's universities and colleges. Through insider insight and expert analysis, Higher Education Nation helps leaders in this vital sector advance the public trust in higher education. Learn more about AGB's Guardians Initiative at agb.org/guardians.