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Mark Ridenour: ACTA Board Member and Former Board Chairman, Miami University
Mark Ridenour graduated from Miami University in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He began his career at National...
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Governing Public Colleges and Universities
A Trustees Perspective
April 1, 2004 by Phyllis M. Krutsch Download PDF80% percent of all students now attend a public college or university. So the effective governance of these institutions should be of immense concern to all of us. But what are the characteristics of effective boards and how can trustees ensure they are fulfilling their stewardship roles responsibly? In this essay, author Phyllis Krutsch outlines those challenges and sets forth a public trustee’s perspective on the nature of strong and effective boards. Ms. Krutsch was twice appointed to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and served as chair of the Education Committee for three years.
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Governing State Governing Boards
The Utah Board of Higher Education is undergoing its second structural overhaul in three years in an ongoing push to centralize the oversight of the state’s 16 public institutions. The latest effort will reduce the board from 18 to 10 members and prioritize...
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Implementing Governance for a New Era
Implementing Governance for a New Era is an action plan to assist college and university trustees in reforming higher education. Delivered to more than 16,000 college and university trustees in November 2014, the plan provides details on how trustees properly represent the public by ensuring students receive a quality education at a reasonable price. The […]
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State's public universities need better management
Earlier this month, college students from across Illinois crowded the Capitol rotunda. They were protesting the growing costs of college, for which they believed lawmakers were to blame: State funding had been cut earlier this year for a tuition assistance program called the Monetary Award Program (MAP). Put in place decades ago, MAP provides money […]
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Public universities win by focusing on basics
Take heart, Vol fans. And Tennessee State University Tiger fans. Be of good cheer East Tennessee State University Buccaneers and Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders. The U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings are not divinely inspired, nor are they the best predictor of what college kids will actually learn. The University of Tennessee […]
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Public Agenda survey finds deep skepticism
An annual survey on public attitudes toward higher education finds rising skepticism about the motives of college leaders. The survey, titled “Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgments on How Colleges Are Run,” finds that 60 percent of the public thinks colleges are like businesses and care mostly about the bottom line. […]
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