Two governance-focused items pressed boards to act on immigration and institutional resilience. The Association of Governing Boards’ Trusteeship Podcast featured Miriam Feldblum of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, urging trustees to adopt fiduciary strategies that safeguard international students, faculty and research talent as federal policy shifts. Feldblum outlined practical steps boards can take to align institutional mission with changing immigration enforcement and talent mobility. Separately, AGB published a Board Professionals Conference prospectus framing current governance work as mission-critical amid financial stress, enrollment declines, and rapid tech change. The conference materials called on board professionals to lead strategic conversations on fiscal stability, AI policy, and academic freedom—areas where trustees are expected to provide sustained oversight rather than episodic guidance. Taken together, the podcast and conference guidance signal heightened expectations: trustees must translate immigration policy awareness into concrete campus protections and fiscal planning, and professional staff must equip boards with timely data and contingency plans.