The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) will conduct its annual orientation session for recent appointees to the governing boards of the Commonwealth’s public postsecondary institutions on Oct. 20-21.

SCHEV offers the orientation as part of its mission to advocate and promote the development and operation of an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive and coordinated system of higher education. The Code of Virginia requires new board members to attend within two years of a trustee’s appointment.

The session will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday in House Room 3 of the State Capitol in Richmond. Governor McAuliffe will address his 2015 board of visitors and state board for community colleges appointees at 4:15 p.m., Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States and a driving force for increasing Americans’ success in higher education, will offer a keynote presentation at 5 p.m.

The program will resume at 8 a.m., on Wednesday in House Room 3. The day’s sessions will feature prominent speakers and moderated panels discussing: current and future issues in Virginia higher education, best practices of public-institution boards, trustees’ legal, ethical and fiduciary responsibilities, campus sexual violence, state and institutional considerations of affordability, costs, tuition and aid, and effective institutional leadership via board governance and executive management.

The event will conclude at approximately 5 p.m.
SCHEV is the Commonwealth’s coordinating body for Virginia’s system of higher education. The agency provides policy guidance and budget recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly, and is a resource for information on higher education issues.

By: Contributing Author

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