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 Perspective
Navigating successfully in an atmosphere of overlapping outside authorities requires boards and administrations to exercise special dexterity.
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 When the board is not the final word
At some seminaries and theological schools, bishops or other church authorities -- not boards -- exercise final authority. That arrangement offers some benefits, but there are also potential problems.
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Institutional health involves more than fiscal stability. As important as enrollment, endowments, and earnings are, other factors contribute to a school’s well-being and directly influence the bottom line.
Robust institutional health is an elusive goal, and one that board members must never take for granted and must always pursue. It requires leaders to monitor indicators and make swift and decisive adjustments as needed. A periodic checkup with a skilled In Trust Governance Mentor using the In Trust Institutional Health Checklist can provide a board with powerful diagnostic information about the institution and suggest a preventive or corrective regimen.
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 Shared governance
The standard in academic governance
Shared governance doesn't mean a standoff among competing factions—it's a way for the board, president, and faculty to use their distinct roles, listen to others, and make decisions that work.
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 Focus on governance
Board governance can be accountable, creative, and cooperative
Three ways of understanding the board's work.
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