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Leadership Training
Still need to meet your training requirement?
Contact: boardsecretary@ibhe.org for information on how you can meet your requirement.
Effective January 1, 2017, the Board of Higher Education Act was amended to include leadership training requirements for Illinois’ public universities board of trustees members: “The Board [of Higher Education] shall require every voting member of the governing board of a public university appointed for a term beginning after January 1, 2016 to complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development leadership training covering topics that shall include, but are not limited to, public university and labor law, contract law, ethics, sexual violence on campus, financial oversight and accountability, audits, and fiduciary responsibilities of a member of a governing board within 2 years after beginning service and within every 2 years of service thereafter." (110 ILCS 205/13)
Eleventh Annual Conference - September 17, 2026
Agenda - TBD
Tenth Annual Trustee Conference – September 4, 2025
Agenda
Session I: Illinois Workforce Analysis: Top 10 Occupational Demand and Implications for Public Universities (PDF)
Session II: One Click College Admit (PDF)
Session III: Federal Policy Changes (PDF)
Session V: Trustee Resources: Legal Guideposts and Guardrails for Illinois Public University Trustees (PDF)
Speaker Bios (PDF)
Ninth Annual Trustee Conference – October 24, 2024
Agenda
Session I: Equity Plans and Practices: How Can Trustees Support Equity Work Underway (PDF)
Session II: Legal Guideposts and Guardrails for Illinois Public University Trustees (PDF)
Session III: Trustee Resources (PDF)
Eighth Annual Trustee Conference – October 26, 2023
Agenda (PDF)
Trustee Leadership Conference Master Slide Deck (PDF)
Updates on the Implementation of the Higer Education
Strategic Plan for a Thriving Illinois Slide Deck (PDF)
Session I: Equity Plan Framework: Where We are, Where We are going Slide Deck (PDF)
Session III: Legal - Guideposts and Guardrails for Illinois Public University Trustees (PDF)
Speakers’ Headshots and Bios (PDF)
Seventh Annual Trustee Conference – October 27, 2022
Agenda (PDF)
Trustee Leadership Conference Master Slide Deck (PDF)
Session I: A Thriving and Equitable Illinois: Updates from the Higher
EducationStrategic Implementation Plan (PDF)
Session III: Legal - Guideposts and Guardrails for Illinois Public University Trustees (PDF)
Session IV: Good Governance: Good Leadership - We Need Both! (PDF)
Speakers’ Headshots and Bios (PDF)
