AGB in the News

OWA CITY – A University of Iowa presidential search committee narrowed its prospect pool of 79 applicants down to 12 semifinalists Friday after spending the day poring over application materials.

Gov. John Bel Edwards said last week that he wishes he had appointed more women to the LSU Board of Supervisors and that the need for more women had become more apparent in recent weeks as LSU continues to get heat for not taking seriously reports of sexual harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence involving its students and its student-athletes.

For the past two weeks, Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) alum and supporters have been proudly putting together a public celebration in recognition of what President E. LaBrent Chrite had done to move the 117-year-old institution into a bright future.

With applications closing Monday in the search for the next president of the University of Iowa, one thing is certain: There’s work to be done.

Opponents of the plan to consolidate the state’s 12 community colleges, called Students First and initiated in 2017, spoke Tuesday in favor of legislation that addresses some of their concerns.

A committee searching for the next president of Williston State College will interview 11 candidates next week.

Rider students and members of the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Search Committee attended the student listening session for the position on Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.

Colorado higher education is at a crossroads. For decades, funding for Colorado higher education has not kept pace with inflation, and at the same time, the state’s student body has become increasingly more diverse.

U.S. colleges and universities stand to lose a collective $183 billion as a result of the pandemic, according to an analysis by Paul Friga, a public higher education consultant for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and a clinical associate professor of strategy at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

SUNY Erie is approaching the home stretch of its presidential search; UB has a new position in its pharmacy school; another local school is planning for a full fall opening amid coronavirus.

Wichita State community members gathered virtually Wednesday at the first two presidential search forums to share concerns, questions, and thoughts about the presidential search with AGB search representatives Sally Mason and Garry Owens.