Why Governance Matters Most: Boards, Presidents, And Stability At HBCUs

Healthy governance does not eliminate disagreement. Instead, it should channel it through structure, process, and shared ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

‘A dire situation’: Penn faculty say shared governance broke down over past year

The practice of shared governance — where faculty, staff, administrators, boards, and sometimes students share responsibility for decision-making and policy development — has long been considered a ...
Inside Higher Ed

Delegated Governance Is a More Innovative, Strategic Way to Manage Institutions

Shared governance is the great sacred cow of higher education. We all pay it constant lip service. Presidents are required to pay public homage to its principles. To say anything else is instant ...

Governance 2026: When Risk Moves Faster Than Boards

As AI and digital platforms accelerate risk, boards are falling behind. Governance in 2026 needs stronger information flows, ...
The Daily Princetonian

After a year of shared governance, grad students see progress — but say more work remains

On April 1, 2024, Princeton’s faculty approved a proposal from the Graduate School to include graduate student representatives on each of the Faculty Committee’s four key subcommittees for the very ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

White House compact signals threat to Penn shared governance, faculty petition warns

Over 1,000 Penn community members have signed a petition urging the University to reject the federal government’s proposed higher education compact, which would offer preferential funding in exchange ...
Inside Higher Ed

Shared Governance: For Better and For (Much) Worse

If there’s a third rail for presidents, it’s talking honestly about shared governance. Until I started hearing things in the Vegas that is this newsletter, I had no idea what they actually deal with ...