March 16, 2007

Accountability and Athletics Top Agenda at Meeting of Trustees

By PAUL FAIN

College governing boards should increasingly flex their oversight powers in areas such as faculty relations, legal risks, and the accountability push in higher education, several experts said last week at the annual meeting of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.

The meeting featured the theme that board members can no longer be disengaged and act as mere rubber stampers for college administrators, as was often true in the past, and must now commit

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