Governance

University boards have the primary responsibility for ensuring fidelity to the institution’s mission, managing university finances, and setting personnel policies. The following articles expose poor governance practices and identify policies that keep boards accountable to the taxpayers, students, parents, alumni, and donors whom they serve.



Board Games

North Carolina’s new State Board of Proprietary Schools is assuming licensing authority over for-profit schools from the community college system.






Borrowing Votes

President Obama’s cynical ploy to stir up his youth base by changes to the federal student loan program will fail.



The Apprentice

One potential way to reform academia is to combine academic “book-learning” with an old-fashioned, hands-on apprenticeship.