Oversight vs. Strategic Engagement: The Competing Roles of Public University Trustees

The Center is proud to announce the release of Oversight vs. Strategic Engagement: The Competing Roles of Public University Trustees. This report covers the second of three phases of the research on newly appointed Michigan public university trustees. The report was co-authored by Michael J. Zeig, Ph.D., Roger G. Baldwin, Ph.D., and Kathleen, M. Wilbur, Ph.D. student, HALE. 

The first report, Great Expectations: A Longitudinal Study of New University Trustees was released in 2014.  Both the 2014 and 2015 reports are provided below as attachments.  

About the authors: 
Michael J. Zeig, Ph.D. (zeigmich@msu.edu) works in the Office of Planning and Budgets at Michigan State University. He was previously employed in the Michigan Governor’s Office (2008-10) where he worked with university trustee appointments. 

Roger G. Baldwin, Ph.D. (rbaldwin@msu.edu) is a professor of higher, adult, and lifelong education at Michigan State University. Additionally, he is a trustee at Hiram College, serving since 1994. 

Kathleen M. Wilbur (wilbu1km@cmich.edu) is the vice president of development and external relations at Central Michigan University and a graduate student in the higher, adult, and lifelong education program at Michigan State University. She previously served on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees from 1985 to 1991.