Others us less powerful advisory boards. But every state in the union has in place a committee that tries to ensure public colleges are run in ways that promote state goals or priorities.
Some committees work.
Others, experts say, are in dire need of change. State boards, McGuiness said, are political tools that allow states to control money and authority granted public colleges. But, he cautions, boards are the product of educational needs of the past. They may not be the best leaders to chart the route to a college education of the future. The Colorado Commission on Higher Education is a state regulatory board that sets policy for public colleges and makes recommendations to the legislature.