According to Ingram, the appropriate response is greater advocacy by trustees and governing boards.
"Higher education needs more of it," he says, "trustee by trustee, board by board and institution by institution. Trustee influence at the state and federal levels can be very powerful if it is coordinated and executed strategically."
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges is a nonprofit higher education association whose primary membership consists of governing, coordinating, and other boards of public and private colleges and universities.
For more information visit the organization's Web site at <www.agb.org>.
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