Everything was unprecedented— the NCAA’s decision to circumvent its own investigative procedures, the sweeping scope and severity of the penalties (including the erasure of 111 wins for Joe Paterno) and the quick acceptance of...
Many of us devote significant time, energy and resources to not-for-profit organizations. At its best, non-for-profit board leadership reflects a deep culture of compliance and governance that embodies the values of accountability, independence and...
ACTA Senior Researcher Andrew Gillen speaks at America’s Future Foundation’s July roundtable on higher education.
A scathing report that excoriated top Pennsylvania State University officials, including legendary football coach Joe Paterno, for failing to protect boys from a sexual predator sent a warning to other universities about the need...
Behind the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal at Penn State lay a series of failures all the way up the university’s chain of command—shortcomings that were the result of an insular and complacent culture...
The University of Virginia’s governing board reinstated its popular president Tuesday only weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire board...
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