This guide discusses issues related to how and what kinds of information needs to be provided to college and university governing boards. It notes that many institutions thwart their own good intentions to keep trustees informed by providing too much information, inappropriate levels of detail, lack of governance perspective or strategic…

This paper summarizes the proceedings of the 1999 Symposium on Research and Scholarship on Higher Education Governance, Trusteeship, and the Academic Presidency sponsored by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. The symposium addressed the state of research…

This book is intended to provide consistent and reliable quantitative and qualitative information on faculty productivity and accountability to help counter criticism and accurately describe what faculty do to the policy makers and/or the general public. It reports on a study at the University of Delaware that focused on instructional costs and…

Public libraries serve patrons who have a wide range of demographic characteristics. Boards of Trustees of public libraries play an important role in maintaining and planning libraries that serve the needs of the community. The demographic characteristics of the board are one factor that can help represent the diversity of the patron community.…

Researcher Gary Gruber has stated, "No other singular variable is more important for the health and vitality of a school than the way that it is governed. Teacher competencies, student achievement, parental and community support, adequate facilities and resources are all critical and essential for success. Governance will determine how those…

The Russell Report on adult Education in England and Wales is reviewed. (MS)

Six emerging political issues that state boards are likely to face in the years ahead are briefly discussed: role perception, program review, budget review, system definition, retrenchment coordination and a definition of success. (Author/PG)

Version of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Professors of Higher Education on March 5, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois. (DS)

The Staples Governing Board of Staples High School, Westport, Connecticut, is an attempt to give students a voice in cooperative educational decision-making. (Author/DR)

Describes a campus conflict in hopes that information can help student personnel workers to assume a more effective role in conflict management. (Author/CJ)

Proposal for involving board members in the life of the institution. (IR)

The University's Center for Adult Education was established less than two years ago. Article discusses its aims, activities and concerns. (Editor/RB)

By insisting on orderly development of categorical policies, the board of trustees automatically strengthens the institution and the chief administrator's role and position. Faculty and staff are strengthened by participation in the policy development process and by knowing the parameters of university actions. (MSE)

Whether a university has a "balanced budget" is influenced by board decisions on investment, endowment utilization, and allocation of unrestricted gifts. One can only hope to protect endowment against inflation under economic conditions that make it possible to achieve a total return rate significantly higher than the rate of inflation.…