President's Office Events

Materials from Previous Sessions

Federal Higher Education Policy Pressures and the Path Ahead

• Presentation from Tim Powers, Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development at NAICU. Trends and Issues in Independent Higher Education

What is the purpose of higher education?

• Faust, Drew. “U.S. Higher Education is Endangered.” Boston Globe, May 23, 2024
• Rosenberg, Brian. “Higher Ed’s Ruinous Resistance to Change,” Chronicle of Higher Education, September 25, 2023 

Who pays the bills? Financial frameworks of colleges and universities.

• Chapter on Finance by Brian C. Mitchell and W. Joseph King
• Bryn Mawr College Financial Statements
• What is an Endowment for a College?
• Understanding Endowments: Types and Policies That Govern Them
• Additional Information

Shared Governance.

• Chapter on Shared Governance: Its History and its Challenges by Susan R Pierce
• The Foundation of the College's Shared Goverance
• Plan of Governance
• Faculty
• Self-Governance Association (SGA)
• GSAS Graduate Student Association
• GSSWSR Graduate Student Association