Female Trustees and University Financial Performance

Mary Jane Lenard, E. Anne York and Bing Yu
Additional contact information
Mary Jane Lenard: Meredith College, School of Business, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
E. Anne York: Meredith College, School of Business, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
Bing Yu: Meredith College, School of Business, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2019, vol. 9, issue 6, 60-66

Abstract: The board of trustees of a postsecondary educational institution has a similar role to a corporate board of directors. Trustees must represent stakeholder interests, have a role in governance, and are responsible for the continued financial success of the institution (Brown, 2014). The composition of the board is an important factor in university governance, just as it is in a corporation. Previous research has found that female board members do have an impact on the financial performance of their corporations. We apply that analysis to private, nonprofit colleges and universities and examine whether the gender composition of the board of trustees affects the financial performance of their institutions. Our results indicate that a higher percentage of women on the board of trustees increases the likelihood of having a passing financial responsibility composite score, as measured by the U.S. Department of Education.

Keywords: Gender Diversity; Trustees; University Boards; Financial Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 L31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/download/8518/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/8518/pdf (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eco:journ1:2019-06-7

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues is currently edited by Ilhan Ozturk

More articles in International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues from Econjournals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ilhan Ozturk ().