Blog Posts

June 10, 2026 - You are viewing the Institution and Systems version of this CEO Update. An Institutionally Related Foundation version is also available. This month, AGB is focused on a challenge that sits at the center of higher education’s future: strengthening public trust through …

June 08, 2026 - This AGB blog post is the third in a series on mental wellness. Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2. If these times feel like crisis, they are. The world at large is in crisis with climate and …

May 29, 2026 - This AGB blog post is the second in a series on mental wellness in higher education. Part 1 is available here. Wherever you turn these days, there are overwhelming events. They’re close: graphic images on the news of horrific events from …

May 26, 2026 - Many colleges, universities, and nonprofit institutions built long-term endowment portfolios on assumptions about investment returns, donor giving, and federal support that once enabled confident long-range planning. They often set those assumptions during periods of lower interest rates, expanding access to …

May 22, 2026 - University leaders weighing where to invest in transformational artificial intelligence (AI) are facing a question of sequencing as much as strategy. The pressure to “do something with AI” is real, and the temptation is to invest where the headlines are …

May 06, 2026 - You are viewing the Institution and Systems version of this CEO Update. An Institutionally Related Foundation version is also available. This month, AGB is advancing a set of initiatives that go to the heart of our mission: strengthening governance to ensure …

May 04, 2026 - The arrival of spring coincides with the release of the latest edition of AGB’s flagship publication, Top Strategic Issues for Boards. The new edition for 2026–2027 is the latest in a long series of biennial publications that frame the most …

April 27, 2026 - This AGB blog post is the first in a series on mental wellness in higher education. It might have been unthinkable until recently that the federal government would strip critical research funding, forbid attendance by certain types of students, dismantle a …

April 15, 2026 - The NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments® (NCSE) has shown over the years that operating budgets are claiming a greater share of annual endowment spending. That trend continued in the 2025 study, released in February 2026. Is the most recent jump an …

April 09, 2026 - You are viewing the Institutions and Systems version of this CEO Update. An Institutionally Related Foundations version is also available. As we return from the 2026 National Conference on Trusteeship (NCT), which just wrapped up in Denver, one message resonates clearly: …