AGB in the News

Arthur Levine was in retirement when a pitch came his way: did he want to take on the interim presidency role at Brandeis University?

As governing boards prepare for their midyear meetings, I’m challenging all board members to level up their advocacy efforts on behalf of their institutions and higher education as a whole.

Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning continued deliberations behind closed doors Thursday, March 19 in their ongoing search to name a new president for Jackson State University.

For seven years, the University of St. Thomas ran in the red. Operating losses piled up.

I was quoted in a column in October 2024 when I stated the Penn State Board of Trustees and university leadership had lost their way. Sadly, it has only gotten much, much worse.

Gateway Technical College’s search for its next president just hit a turning point.

Scholars, sitting presidents, practitioners, and higher education leaders gathered virtually for the Black Leadership Across Campuses Summit, focusing on what organizers called the “health and well-being” of historically Black colleges and universities at a pivotal and politically turbulent moment for the sector.

By the numbers, every Ohio State University president in the past two decades left the school better than they found it.

Following the shock and confusion of former President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr.’s sudden resignation, the Ohio State community faces the question: “What’s next?”

When Ohio State University President Ted Carter resigned on Monday after admitting he had allowed a podcaster and entrepreneur “inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership” to advance her private business interests, the reaction across higher education was familiar…

Western Technical College has officially begun searching for its next president after President Roger Stanford announced his retirement plans last fall.

The Western Technical College (WTC) District Board has started the search for its next president.