Recent news around Penn State and the “Occupy” Movement on university campuses has thrown the role of the college and university trustee into the headlines and it is worth having a closer look at the role of the board of trustees and what it means to sit on the board of a higher education institution.
Like all boards, college and university boards have a general obligation to be caretakers of the organization and look after the interests of all its stakeholders, but in the higher education sector this role is layered with more complexity than it is for most corporate entities. After all, they are shaping the minds of future generations and it is the last opportunity to do that in a collective setting before a class of future scientists and artists, politicians and teachers, entrepreneurs and journalists spreads out into the world.
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