Join Us:
The 2026 Governance Agenda
From our Building Better Boards Webinar series
A conversation with national leaders on the governance challenges shaping higher education and how boards can respond thoughtfully.
Join Us:
The 2026 Governance Agenda
From our Building Better Boards Webinar series
A conversation with national leaders on the governance challenges shaping higher education and how boards can respond thoughtfully.
Our goal is to assist Boards with strategically keeping institutional missions at the center of university governance.
CSIG offers these resources to assist Boards:
Strategic & Inclusive Governance Resource Hub
The hub offers a collection of practical tools and resources—including explainers, current topic newsletters, model board resolutions, sample meeting agendas, policy templates, training materials, and strategies for high-impact decision-making—to support effective and mission-driven governance.
Rapid-Response Toolkit
The Toolkit is designed to help guide Boards through contentious social and political moments in ways that safeguard student success and fulfill the mission
Board Governance for Equitable Student Success Curriculum
Informed by brainstorming sessions with trustees and senior leaders, this curriculum offers effective ways to navigate governance challenges and opportunities influenced by the changing educational landscape
Find Your Path Forward
Welcome to CSIG! We are glad you are here. CSIG offers a plethora of resources for Board Governance. In order to find your path forward, are you:
New to governance?
Start with our Governance Explainers
Facing a challenge?
Check our Rapid-Response Toolkit
Planning ahead?
Explore our Strategic Resource Hub
Find Your Path Forward
Welcome to CSIG! We are glad you are here. CSIG offers a plethora of resources for Board Governance. In order to find your path forward, are you:
New to governance?
Start with our Governance Explainers
Facing a challenge?
Check our Rapid-Response Toolkit
Planning ahead?
Explore our Strategic Resource Hub
The Center for Strategic and Inclusive Governance (CSIG) advances conversations that inspire mission-centric university governance, for us all.
We create content grounded in research and practice, curate usable resources, and foster collaborative relationships and proactive dialogue to nurture more intentionality in the boardrooms where pivotal decisions are made.
For the long-term benefit of higher education, we believe that developing timely, relevant, and innovative resources to inform governance is the way forward.
We’re here to open doors and advance the conversation…
…for higher education, and for us all.
Strategic and inclusive governance means boards that make better decisions by focusing on mission and including more voices.
Check Out What’s New From CSIG
Research to Practice: Board Action for Building Institutional Trust
Research to Practice: Board Action for Aligning Policy and Oversight
Research to Practice: Board Action for Student Belonging
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After a decade of governance research, we know what separates good boards from great ones: the quality of questions they ask.
CSIG provides open-access, research-backed resources for anyone working to strengthen university governance—whether you serve on boards, support them, or help co-create better governance practices.