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Top Strategic Issues for Boards 2026–2027
This biennial publication frames the most important topics in higher education that will demand governing boards’ strategic oversight in the next two years to ensure student success and long-term institutional vitality.
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A Guide to Strategic Board Retreats in Higher Education
The current higher education landscape poses a multitude of challenges both old and new that require governing boards to understand their fiduciary roles and act with strategic insight. Board retreats represent an often-underutilized opportunity—removed from everyday operational concerns—to focus on …
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AGB Alerts
AGB Policy Alert: President Biden Signs 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Package, with Changes for Multiple Higher Education Programs
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations bill into law.
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AGB Alerts
AGB Policy Alert: President Biden and Department of Education Cancel Some Student Loan Debt
On August 24, 2022, President Biden and the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced that the Department will provide targeted student debt cancellation to former students who took out loans held by the Department of Education.
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Letters & Testimony
Student Aid Alliance Letter to Congressional Leaders Sharing FY23 Appropriations Goals
AGB and the Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to appropriations subcommittee leaders in the House and Senate to express desired Fy23 appropriations for student aid in areas like the Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, TRIO, GEAR UP, and …
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AGB Alerts
AGB Policy Alert: President Biden Signs Consolidated Appropriations Act, Providing Funding for Multiple Higher Education Programs and Initiatives
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022, into law.
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Letters & Testimony
Letter to House Leadership on Repealing Pell Grant Taxability
AGB joined the higher education community in sending a letter to House leadership urging them to repeal the taxability of Pell Grants in the FY 2022 budget reconciliation process.
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Letters & Testimony
Letter to the Senate Finance Committee on Repealing Pell Grant Taxability
AGB joined the higher education community in sending a letter to the Senate Finance Committee urging members to repeal the taxability of Pell Grants in the FY 2022 budget reconciliation process.
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Trusteeship Article
Design for Affordability
This article is part of the Finance Committee Chair Toolkit, a resource that highlights a variety of perspectives, including how to assess disruptive scenarios and what types of actions to consider. Leaders in higher education are facing an array of pressures to …
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Trusteeship Article
Top Public Policy Issues for Higher Education
A confluence of powerful, even disruptive trends—economic, technological, social, and political—will shape the policy landscape for higher education in 2021–22. The impact of COVID-19 and the financial turmoil that ensued will persist, exacerbating existing strategic pressures around institutional revenue streams …
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