While board size held steady in 2020, the pandemic had a significant impact on the frequency and length of board meetings, many of which were conducted online. The board members who oversee Americas colleges and universities are still overwhelmingly white and male, though institutions have diversified their boards somewhat in recent years, a new report from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges shows...

Lawmakers, faculty and students are demanding more accountability from university boards as sexual-abuse and other scandals continue to shake U.S. campuses. The boards that oversee universities have remained largely intact at schools including Michigan State University and the University of Southern California, where...